Robin Hartshorne (born 1938) is an American mathematician. Hartshorne is an algebraic geometer who studied with Zarsiki, Mumford, J.-P. Serre and Grothendieck. He received his doctorate from Princeton University in 1963 and then became a Junior Fellow at Harvard University, where he taught for several years. In the 1970s he was appointed to the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently retired. Hartshorne is the author of the popular text Algebraic Geometry. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which, as the name suggests, combines abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with geometry. ... Oscar Zariski was one of the most influential mathematicians working in the field of algebraic geometry in the twentieth century. ... David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry, and then for research into vision and pattern theory. ... Alexander Grothendieck (Berlin, March 28, 1928) is one of the most important mathematicians of the 20th century. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... The Harvard Society of Fellows is a collection of luminaries selected by Harvard University to be held close to its bosom, given special honors, thrown elegant dinners, and upon whom various privileges are bestowed. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, and by other names, see below) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ...

Selected publications

• Algebraic Geometry, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1977; corrected 6th printing, 1993. ISBN 0-387-90244-9,
• Geometry: Euclid and Beyond, New York: Springer-Verlag, 2000; corrected 4th printing, 2005. ISBN 0-387-98650-2,

External links

• Home page at the University of California at Berkeley
• Robin Hartshorne at the Mathematics Genealogy Project