The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes: Includes the Michigan Lectures (1974) on Curves and their Jacobians

Mumford's famous Red Book gives a simple readable account of the basic objects of algebraic geometry, preserving as much as possible their geometric flavor and integrating this with the tools of commutative algebra. It is aimed at graduate students or mathematicians in other fields wishing to learn quickly what algebraic geometry is all about.

This new edition also includes an overview of the theory of curves, their moduli spaces and their Jacobians, one of the most exciting fields within ...