The Genus of an Algebraic Curve

Harold M. Edwards

Chapter Chapter 4 in Essays in Constructive Mathematics, 2022, pp 117-171 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Abel, lonely and unknown, was temporarily in Paris thanks to a travel grant from the government of Norway, and he hoped to win recognition in the city that was then the mathematical capital of Europe. Unfortunately, he naively believed that recognition could be won by submitting a work of undeniable genius to Europe’s leading mathematical institution. He did not understand that works of undeniable genius are inherently difficult to read, even for the most learned readers, and he did not understand that the members of Europe’s leading mathematical institution would not devote the needed time and thought to the work of a 24-year-old mathematician who was unknown to them and who came from a country they had scarcely heard of.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98558-5_4

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