Introduction to Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry

Foreword.- Preface.- Preface to the English Edition.- Terminology.- Algebraic varieties.- Dimension.- Regular and rational functions on algebraic varieties.- The local-global principle in commutative algebra.- On the number of equations needed to describe an algebraic variety.- Regular and singular points of algebraic varieties.- Projective Resolutions.- Bibliography.- List of Symbols.- Index.