The Resolution of Singular Algebraic Varieties

Download or read book The Resolution of Singular Algebraic Varieties written by David Ellwood and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resolution of Singularities has long been considered as being a difficult to access area of mathematics. The more systematic and simpler proofs that have appeared in the last few years in zero characteristic now give us a much better understanding of singularities. They reveal the aesthetics of both the logical structure of the proof and the various methods used in it. The present volume is intended for readers who are not yet experts but always wondered about the intricacies of resolution. As such, it provides a gentle and quite comprehensive introduction to this amazing field. The book may tempt the reader to enter more deeply into a topic where many mysteries--especially the positive characteristic case--await to be disclosed. Titles in this series are co-published with the Clay Mathematics Institute (Cambridge, MA).