he final $8 for more general culture.Р(0.6) As to the structure of the book, Chapter I and Chapter III aim to indicateРsome worthwhile problems which can be studied by means of algebraic geometry.РChapter II is an introduction to mutative algebra referred to in (0.4) and toРthe categorical framework of algebraic geometry; the student who is prone toРheadaches could perhaps take some of the proofs for granted here, since the materialРis standard, and the author is a professional algebraic geometer of the highest moralРfibre.Р $8 contains odds and ends that may be of interest or of use to the student, butРthat don’t fit in the main text: a little of the history and sociology of the modemРsubject, hints as to relations of the subject-matter with more advanced topics,Рtechnical footnotes, etc.