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H. Hasson
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Reference book for commutative algebra

I'm looking for a good book in commutative algebra, so I ask here for some advice. My ideal book should be:

-More comprehensive than Atiyah-MacDonald

-More readable than Matsumura (maybe better organized?)

-Less thick than Eisenbud, and more to the point

To put this in context, I'm an algebraic geometer, so I know enough commutative algebra, but I didn't study it systematically (apart from a first course on A-M which I followed as an undergraduate); rather I learned the things I needed from time to time. So I would like to give me an occasion to get a better grasp on the subject.

Andrea Ferretti
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