This textbook offers an introduction to abelian varieties, a rich topic of central importance to algebraic geometry. The next chapters are devoted to the study of the main examples of abelian varieties: Jacobian varieties, abelian surfaces, Albanese and Picard varieties, Prym varieties, and intermediate Jacobians.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Author(s): Herbert Lange
Illustration(s): 1 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 384 p. 1 illus.