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Lectures on An Introduction to Grothendieck's Theory of the Fundamental Group

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Lectures on An Introduction to Grothendieck's Theory of the Fundamental Group
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Publisher: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
ISBN/ASIN: B0006C8MRU
Number of pages: 143

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The purpose of this text is to give an introduction to Grothendieck's theory of the fundamental group in algebraic geometry with, as application, the study of the fundamental group of an algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic.

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