An Axiomatic Introduction to Classical Algebraic Geometry

Igor Minevich

January 31, 2012

Abstract
We will talk about some really old results of Pappus and Desargues, the axioms for a projective plane, conics, and higher dimensional generalizations. No background is required (okay, maybe a little bit of linear algebra), but an appreciation of pictures involving points, lines, and curves would help.

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