Timeline for Elliptic curves and algebraic stacks
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| Jan 5, 2015 at 21:51 | vote | accept | Qiao | ||
| Jul 20, 2010 at 21:24 | comment | added | Donu Arapura | To paraphrase Pete, it might help focus the answers if you told us your motivation for trying to learning stacks. The subject arose out of the needs of algebraic geometers, and that's the traditional path to it, but in principle there could be others. Perhaps for what you want, it might be sufficient to look up the definition of an orbifold, which arose independently in geometry/topology. On the other hand, elliptic curve theory is beautiful subject, and learning it would be time well spent. However, it's going to be a long road to stacks, be patient. | |
| Jul 20, 2010 at 20:04 | history | edited | Charles Matthews | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jul 20, 2010 at 18:06 | answer | added | The Mathemagician | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 20, 2010 at 17:23 | answer | added | Peter Arndt | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 20, 2010 at 17:22 | answer | added | Francesco Polizzi | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 20, 2010 at 16:28 | answer | added | Anweshi | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 20, 2010 at 16:27 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | The answers of zeb and Ryan Reich may seem a little harsh, but I think they are also realistic -- it is unlikely that you will be able to acquire a good working knowledge of algebraic stacks without a rather strong background in algebraic geometry. On the other hand, is it possible that you don't actually need a good working knowledge but just have some specific question or issue which is phrased in the language of stacks and you need to be "decoded"? If so, try asking that here. | |
| Jul 20, 2010 at 16:23 | answer | added | Ryan Reich | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 20, 2010 at 16:12 | comment | added | zeb | Learn algebraic geometry first... | |
| Jul 20, 2010 at 16:01 | history | asked | Qiao | CC BY-SA 2.5 |