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The Idea of Kroneckerian geometry
Let $X$ be a complex, projective algebraic variety and assume that $X$ has a model $X_0$ over $\mathbb Z$ i.e. $X\cong X_0\times_{\operatorname{Spec }\mathbb Z}\operatorname{Spec }\mathbb C$.
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What should be learned in a first serious schemes course?
I've just finished teaching a year-long "foundations of algebraic
geometry" class. It
was my third time teaching it, and my notes are gradually converging.
I've enjoyed it for a number of reasons (...
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True on stalks, false on affine opens [closed]
In scheme theory, there are some properties that can be specified purely on the stalks of the structure sheaf but they "lift" to the properties of the values of structure sheaf on affine opens, e.g.
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What elementary problems can you solve with schemes?
I'm a graduate student who's been learning about schemes this year from the usual sources (e.g. Hartshorne, Eisenbud-Harris, Ravi Vakil's notes). I'm looking for some examples of elementary self-...