Categories and commutative algebra : lectures given at a summer school of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, September 12-21, 1971

L. Badescu: Sur certaines singularités des variétés algébriques.- D.A. Buchsbaum: Homological and commutative algebra.- S. Greco: Anelli Henseliani.- C. Lair: Morphismes et structures algébriques.- B.A. Mitchell: Introduction to category theory and homological algebra.- R. Rivet: Anneaux de séries formelles et anneaux henseliens.- P. Salmon: Applicazioni della K-teoria all’algebra commutativa.- M. Tierney: Axiomatic sheaf theory: some constructions and applications.- C.B. Winters: An elementary lecture on algebraic spaces. Front Matter....Pages i-iii Sur Certaines SingularitéS Des VariéTéS AlgéBriques....Pages 1-9 Homological and Commutative Algebra....Pages 11-39 Anelli Henseliani....Pages 41-71 Morphismes et Structures Algebriques....Pages 73-90 Introduction Category Theory and Homological Algebra....Pages 91-195 Anneaux de Series Formelles et Anneaux Henseliens....Pages 197-210 Applicazioni Della K-Teoria All'Algebra Commutativa....Pages 211-247 Axiomatic Sheaf Theory : Some Constructions and Applications....Pages 249-326 An Elementary Lecture on Algebraic Spaces....Pages 327-337 L. Badescu: Sur certaines singularites des varietes algebriques.- D.A. Buchsbaum: Homological and commutative algebra.- S. Greco: Anelli Henseliani.- C. Lair: Morphismes et structures algebriques.- B.A. Mitchell: Introduction to category theory and homological algebra.- R. Rivet: Anneaux de series formelles et anneaux henseliens.- P. Salmon: Applicazioni della K-teoria all'algebra commutativa.- M. Tierney: Axiomatic sheaf theory: some constructions and applications.- C.B. Winters: An elementary lecture on algebraic spaces Covers such topics as: Sur certaines singularites des varietes algebriques; Homological and commutative algebra; Anelli Henseliani; Morphismes et structures algebriques; Introduction to category theory and homological algebra; Anneaux de series formelles et anneaux henseliens; Applicazioni della K-teoria all'algebra commutativa; and, more.