INSTRUCTOR: Sasha Voronov
OFFICE: VinH 324
PHONE: 624-0355
E-MAIL ADDRESS: voronov@umn.edu. You are welcome to use e-mail to send questions to me.
INTERNET: All class announcements and assignments will be posted on the class homepage http://www.math.umn.edu/~voronov/8254/index.html and NOT handed out in class.
OFFICE HOURS: Fri 3:30-5:00 p.m., and by appointment.
TEXT: Algebraic Geometry by Robin Hartshorne, 1977. Available in print and on reserve in the Math Library.
CONTENT: In the Spring semester, we will study projective morphisms, sheaf cohomology, including Serre duality, divisors, curves and Jacobians, including the Riemann-Roch theorem and the Hurwitz formula, and relation to Analytic Geometry.
GETTING HELP:
GRADING: Based on your homework. Class participation may be taken into account. Grades will be assigned on curve. I expect you to put enough hard work to earn grades not lower than a B. The curve does not exclude the possibility of everybody getting A's, though, but this happens rather rarely.
IMPORTANT DATES:
January 22 - Spring semester classes begin.
March 17-21 - Spring break.
May 9 - Last day of instruction.