Tentative Schedule
The following schedule is extremely provisional and subject to change as the course progresses.
Week of | Topics |
1/17 | Schemes and functors. Maps to projective space. |
1/23 | Projective morphisms. Ample sheaves. |
1/30 | Quasi-affine and quasi-projective, ample, very ample. Blowing up. |
2/06 | Differentials and deformations. |
2/13 | Smooth, étale, and unramified morphisms. |
2/20 | Introduction to cohomology. |
2/27 | Sheaf cohomology. Flasque sheaves. Cech cohomology. |
3/06 | Cohomology of affine and projective schemes |
3/13 | Finiteness of cohomology |
3/20 | Serre-Grothendieck duality |
3/27 | Spring Break |
4/03 | Curves, Riemann-Roch for Curves |
4/10 | Hurwitz's theorem. Projective embeddings |
4/17 | Surfaces: divisors on surfaces |
4/24 | Riemann-Roch for surfaces, applications |
5/1 | Reading Week |