The Picard Scheme
History and Overview
2014-02-04 v1
Abstract
This article introduces, informally, the substance and the spirit of Grothendieck's theory of the Picard scheme, highlighting its elegant simplicity, natural generality, and ingenious originality against the larger historical record.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1402.0409,
title = {The Picard Scheme},
author = {Steven L. Kleiman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.0409},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
To appear in "Alexandre Grothendieck: A Mathematical Portrait" edited by Leila Schneps and published by International Press of Boston