Trends in Commutative Algebra (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Commutative algebra in the cohomology of groups Dave Benson; 2. Modules and cohomology over group algebras Srikanth Iyengar; 3. An informal introduction to multiplier ideals Manuel Blickle and Robert Lazarsfeld; 4. Lectures on the geometry of syzygies David Eisenbud, with a chapter by Jessica Sidman; 5. Commutative algebra of n points in the plane Mark Haiman, with an appendix by Ezra Miller; 6. Tight closure theory and characteristic p methods Melvin Hochster, with an appendix by Graham J. Leuschke; 7. Monomial ideals, binomial ideals, polynomial ideals Bernard Teissier; 8. Some facts about canonical subalgebra bases Ana Bravo.