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MAT 589 Course Webpage
Introduction to Algebraic Geometry
M W 9:30AM — 10:50AM, Math Tower 4—130
Spring 2025
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Course Announcements
Announcements about the course will be posted here. Please check the
site regularly for announcements (which will also be given in lecture).
- There are some supplementary notes on categories, etc., posted here. These notes will be updated as time allows.
- The course syllabus is posted here.
- There is an excellent historical / survey article by Colin McLarty on the Grothendieck's development of the foundations of algebraic geometry titled The Rising Sea.
- Over the course of several semesters I have written some notes on categories, functors, and adjoint pairs, available here.
Course
Description
This course offers a systematic introduction to
algebraic geometry, from a modern, scheme-theoretic
perspective.
Prerequisites
MAT 535, or permission of instructor. Familiarity
with material covered by MAT 544 would be
helpful, but is not required.
Text
Although it is not listed as a required textbook, this semester the
course will closely follow the textbook by Hartshorne.
Lectures
The instructor for this course is
Jason Starr.
All instruction will occur in lectures. A tentative schedule will be posted
in the syllabus.
Lecture is held Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30AM — 10:50AM in
Math Tower 4—130.
Office Hours
Here is
a link
to the current office hours.
Grading System
As will be discussed at the first class meeting, grading will be based on
class participation and problem sets.
Required Syllabi Statements
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authorized that the following required statements appear in all
teaching syllabi (graduate and undergraduate courses) on the Stony
Brook Campus.
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632-6748 or at sasc@Stonybrook.edu. They will determine with you what
accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and
documentation is confidential.
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Jason Starr
4-108 Math Tower
Department of Mathematics
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3651
Phone: 631-632-8270
Fax: 631-632-7631
Jason Starr