Geometry of Algebraic Curves: Volume II with a Contribution by Joseph Daniel Harris (Hardcover, 2011)

From the contents: Preface Guide to the Reader Chapter X. The Hilbert Scheme Chapter XI. Nodal curves Chapter XII. Elementary deformation theory and some applications Chapter XIII. The moduli space of stable curves Chapter XIV. Line bundles on moduli Chapter XV. The projectivity of the moduli space of stable curves Chapter XVI. The Teichmuller point of view Chapter XVII. Smooth Galois covers of moduli spaces Chapter XVIII. Cycles on the moduli spaces of stable curves Chapter XIX. Cellular decomposition of moduli spaces Chapter XX. First consequences of the cellular decomposition Chapter XXI. Intersection theory of tautological classes Chapter XXII. Brill-Noether theory on a moving curve Bibliography Index.