edited by Akira Ohbuchi (Tokushima University, Japan) , Kazuhiro Konno (Osaka University, Japan) , Sampei Usui (Osaka University, Japan) , Atsushi Moriwaki (Kyoto University, Japan) , & Noboru Nakayama (RIMS, Japan)

This book is the proceedings of the conference “Algebraic Geometry in East Asia” which was held in International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS) during August 3 to August 10, 2001.

As the breadth of the topics covered in this proceedings demonstrate, the conference was indeed successful in assembling a wide spectrum of East Asian mathematicians, and gave them a welcome chance to discuss current state of algebraic geometry.

• Introduction to Arakelov Geometry (S Kawaguchi et al.)
• Double Covering of Smooth Algebraic Curves (C Keem)
• Algebraic Surfaces with Quotient Singularities — Including Some Discussion on Automorphisms and Fundamental Groups (J Keum & D-Q Zhang)
• Linear Series of Irregular Varieties (J A Chen & C D Hacon)
• Hecke Curves on the Moduli Space of Vector Bundles (J-M Hwang)
• Minimal Resolution via Gröbner Basis (Y Ito)
• Deformation Theory of Smoothable Semi Log Canonical Surfaces (Y Lee)
• Modular Curves and Some Related Issues (V NguyenKhac)
• On the Asymptotic Behavior of Admissible Variations of Mixed Hodge Structure (G Pearlstein)
• Degeneration of SL(n)-Bundles on a Reducible Curve (X-T Sun)
• Refined Brill–Noether Locus and Non-Abelian Zeta Functions for Elliptic Curves (L Weng)