Algebraic Geometry (2026–2027)

This is the unofficial webpage of the course Algebraic Geometry, delivered in the academic year 2026–2027 to the Laurea Magistrale of the University of Trieste and the PhD program at SISSA. See also the 2026-27 academic calendar (including holidays).
For UNITS students: exams should be taken during the proscribed sessions. The winter exam session is 11/01/2027 – 26/02/2027.

Schedule and meetings

Lectures start on Tuesday, the 6th of October 2026 and follow the schedule:

• Tuesday 14:00–17:00 (Room 136)
• Wednesday 14:00–16:00 (Room 136).

The lectures of 3/11/2026 and 8/12/2026 are canceled (because of holidays).

Office hours: Just drop me an email.

Material

Lecture notes.
Exercise sheets:

Additional bibliographic references

• Qing Liu, Algebraic Geometry and Arithmetic Curves, Oxford University Press (2006)
• Robin Hartshorne, Algebraic Geometry, GTM, volume 52, Springer New York (1977)

Possible exam topics

• Valuative criteria for separated and proper morphisms
• Infinitesimal lifting criterion for smoothness
• Cohomology and base change
• Cohomology of projective space
• Basic theory of abelian varieties
• Elliptic curves and their moduli
• Basic theory of stable sheaves
• The dualising complex
• Affine GIT

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Past Teaching

• Enumerative Geometry (SISSA 2025–2026)
• Algebraic Geometry (SISSA 2024–2025)
• Algebraic Geometry (SISSA 2023–2024)
• Algebraic Geometry (SISSA 2022–2023)
• Geometria e Algebra T (Università di Bologna)
• Localisation in Enumerative Geometry, Spring 2021 PhD course - SISSA
• Techniques in Enumerative Geometry, Fall 2019 PhD course - SISSA
• Algebraic Geometry MAT 630, 2017 Master course - UiS (Norway)
• Mathematical Methods 2 MAT200 (teaching assistant) - 2016, UiS (Norway)
• Linear Algebra MAT110 (teaching assistant) - 2015, UiS (Norway)
• Discrete Mathematics MAT120 - 2014, UiS (Norway)
• Geometria e Algebra Lineare (teaching assistant) - 2013, Politecnico di Torino