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An invitation to algebraic geometry by Karen Smith is excellent; it is very intuitive, and does everything over the complex numbers. For absolute newcomers, this is probably the best introduction. Algebraic curves by William Fulton is a classic, quite easily readable for beginners, and free available online in pdf! (He recently published the third edition on his site.) The books by Reid, Miranda and Hulek are also good. Reid does many explicit examples. |
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An invitation to algebraic geometry by Karen Smith is excellent; it is very intuitive, and does everything over the complex numbers. For absolute newcomers, this is probably the best introduction. Algebraic curves by William Fulton is a classic, quite easily readable for beginners, and free available online in pdf! (He recently published the third edition on his site.) The books by Reid and Hulek are also good. Reid does many explicit examples. |
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An invitation to algebraic geometry by Karen Smith is excellent; it is very intuitive, and does everything over the complex numbers. For absolute newcomers, this is probably the best introduction. Algebraic curves by William Fulton is a classic, quite easily readable for beginners, and free available online in pdf! (He recently published the third edition on his site.) The books by Reid and Hulek are also good. |
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