Foundations in Silverman's "Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves"

381 Views Asked by At

I am currently self-studying elliptic curves using Silverman's AEC. I find his treatment of the background on varieties quite sloppy , and have so far kept going back and forth between AEC and Chapter 1 of Hartshorne, however having to translate between the 2, since their definitions are not identical. Is there an alternative?

1

There are 1 best solutions below

2
On

If it is just about varieties, you could give Mumford‘s Red Book a chance. There also is Garrity‘s Algebraic Geometry A problem solving approach a friend of mine is very fond of. Personally I can recommend Hulek‘s Elementary Algebraic Geometry