Providing a timely description of the present state of the art of moduli spaces of curves and their geometry, this volume is written in a way which will make it extremely useful both for young people who want to approach this important field, and also for established researchers, who will find references, problems, original expositions, new viewpoints, etc. The book collects the lecture notes of a number of leading algebraic geometers and in particular specialists in the field of moduli spaces of curves and their geometry. This is an important subject in algebraic geometry and complex analysis which has seen spectacular developments in recent decades, with important applications to other parts of mathematics such as birational geometry and enumerative geometry, and to other sciences, including physics. The themes treated are classical but with a constant look to modern developments (see Cascini, Debarre, Farkas, and Sernesi's contributions), and include very new material, such as Bridgeland stability (see Macri's lecture notes) and tropical geometry (see Chan's lecture notes).
Perfectly suited for young people who want to become acquainted with this important research field and open problems thereinContains a very timely exposition of the state of the art on the subject, with both an eye to classic and very recent developmentsExceptionally well written in a rigorous but also charming style
Perfectly suited for young people who want to become acquainted with this important research field and open problems therein Contains a very timely exposition of the state of the art on the subject, with both an eye to classic and very recent developments Exceptionally well written in a rigorous but also charming style
Leticia Brambila Paz
14D20,14D22,14H10,14E30,14N05,14F05,14T05 Curves Moduli spaces Birational Geometry Varieties Tropical geometry Sygygies Vector Bundles Bridgeland Stability