MATHEMATICS 514-M1, COMPLEX ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY, FALL 2024
Instructor: Sheldon Katz
Office and hours: 301 Altgeld Hall, Wednesdays at 3pm, Fridays at 2pm,
or by
appointment.
Phone/email: 265-6258, katzs AT illinois.edu
Time and location:10:00-10:50 MWF. Official room: 139 Loomis Lab. Unofficial room: 141 Altgeld Hall. See below for daily location of classes
Text: Griffiths and Harris, Principles of Algebraic Geometry, Wiley
Course Syllabus is here
Location of classes: It is expected that most classes will be held in 141 Altgeld, unless issues arise related to the renovation of Altgeld Hall.
- Wednesday, August 28 until announced otherwise: 141 Altgeld
Homework:
Daily plans. This document contains an approximate daily schedule of what is happening in class. It will be continually updated to mirror what actually happens in class.
Notes:
- The last homework of the semester won't be graded until after our last class. After homeworks are graded, I will place them in mailboxes in Altgeld Hall. If you don't have a mailbox in Altgeld Hall and would like your homework to be returned to you, please contact me to make arrangements.
Some Reference Books
- Gunning, Lectures on complex analytic varieties, Princeton University Press
- Hartshorne, Algebraic Geometry, Springer (for presheaves)
Seminars and other activities of interest
Please send me an email if you would like to be added to the algebraic geometry email list
- Algebraic Geometry lunches, Tuesdays at 12:30 through December 10, 213 Illini Union
- Algebraic Geometry preprint seminar, Tuesdays at 2pm beginning October 8, 145 Altgeld. In this seminar, graduate students and postdocs will give talks on algebraic geometry papers of interest that have appeared on the arXiv within the last two years
- Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Tuesdays at 3pm, 145 Altgeld.
- Graduate Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar. Wednesdays at 3pm in 143 Altgeld Hall.