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Algebraic Geometry in the Time of COVID (Ravi Vakil)
Stanford
1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2020 · score 1.0
An online course by Ravi Vakil at Stanford that introduces scheme theory and modern algebraic geometry, run with weekly homework and participant working groups.
Commenters describe it as a great ongoing course giving amazing intuition into scheme theory, with open participation through working groups, Discord and Zulip.
Mathematicsintermediatefreeproject-based#algebraic geometry#scheme theory#vakil#working groups#online course
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I am currently learning modern algebraic geometry (scheme theory) from Ravi Vakil's algebraic geometry in the time of COVID: https://math216.wordpress.com/agittoc-2020/.
It's a great ongoing course that offers amazing intuition into scheme theory. We're divided into "working group(oid)s" where we discuss the mathematics and solve the weekly homework assigned by Ravi. Best of all, anyone [all over the world] can join in on the fun! You get added to a discord and a zulip group, where all the discussion happens.
My favourite article about Grothendieck is the one titled "The Grothendieck-Serre Correspondence": https://webusers.imj-prg.fr/~leila.schneps/corr.pdf
This article describes both the mathematics, and the lives of Grothendieck and Serre through their exchange of letters. It's powerfully written, and provides great insight into both the mathematics and the two as people. The last line of the article is absolutely beautiful.