Algebraic functions and projective curves (Q4782271)

Index: Chapter 1. Background (Valuations; completions; differential forms; residues; exercises). -- Chapter 2. Function fields (Divisors and adeles; Weil differentials; elliptic functions; geometric function fields; residue and duality; exercises). -- Chapter 3. Finite extensions (Norm and conorm; scalar extensions; the different; singular prime divisors; Galois extensions; hyperelliptic functions; exercises). -- Chapter 4. Projective curves (Projective varieties; maps to \(\mathbb {P}^n\); projective embeddings; Weierstrass points; plane curves; exercises). -- Chapter 5. Zeta functions (The Euler product; the functional equation; the Riemann hypothesis; exercises). -- Appendix: Elementary field theory This is a very nice algebraic introduction to the theory of algebraic curves (no geometry) with full, clear and simple proofs. It should be very useful for workers in coding theory.