Local Cohomology : An Algebraic Introduction with Geometric Applications (Hardcover, 2 Revised edition)

Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Notation and conventions; 1. The local cohomology functors; 2. Torsion modules and ideal transforms; 3. The Mayer?Vietoris sequence; 4. Change of rings; 5. Other approaches; 6. Fundamental vanishing theorems; 7. Artinian local cohomology modules; 8. The Lichtenbaum?Hartshorne Theorem; 9. The Annihilator and Finiteness Theorems; 10. Matlis duality; 11. Local duality; 12. Canonical modules; 13. Foundations in the graded case; 14. Graded versions of basic theorems; 15. Links with projective varieties; 16. Castelnuovo regularity; 17. Hilbert polynomials; 18. Applications to reductions of ideals; 19. Connectivity in algebraic varieties; 20. Links with sheaf cohomology; Bibliography; Index.