Tentative Schedule
Week of | Topics |
1/19 | Introduction to cohomology. Ext and Abelian categories |
1/26 | Complexes, cones and triangulated categories |
2/02 | Derived functors and derived categories. Sheaf cohomology. |
2/09 | Flasque sheaves. Cech cohomology. |
2/16 | Affine space. Projective space. |
2/23 | Finiteness of cohomology |
3/02 | Serre-Grothendieck duality |
3/09 | Perfection, cohomology and base change |
3/16 | Divisors, maps to projective space |
3/23 | Spring Break |
3/30 | Curves, Riemann-Roch |
4/06 | Hurwitz's theorem. Projective embeddings |
4/13 | The canonical embedding |
4/20 | Surfaces, Riemann-Roch, |
4/27 | Zeta functions |
5/11 | Applications |
The above schedule is just a rough guide and subject to change as the
course progresses.