Algebraic Curves

Robert J. Walker. Reprint Of The Ed. Published By Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.j., As No. 13 In The Princeton Mathematical Series. Includes Index. to keep the treat­ ment as elementary as possible, to introduce some of the recently devel­ oped algebraic methods of handling problems of algebraic geometry, to show how these methods are related to the older analytic and geometric methods, and to apply the general methods to specific geometric prob­ lems. This introduction to algebraic geometry examines how the more recent abstract concepts relate to traditional analytical and geometrical problems. The presentation is kept as elementary as possible, as the text can be used either for a beginning course or for self-study.