Algebraic Geometry in East Asia-Hanoi 2005

These proceedings of the October 2005 conference held in Hanoi include survey and research articles reflecting current interest in a range of topics, including a survey on Zariski pairs and another on a categorical construction of Lie algebras, and research on elliptical parameters and defining equations for elliptic fibrations on a Kummer surface, characterization of the rational homogeneous space association with a long simple root by its variety of minimal rational tangents, maximal divisorial sets in arc spaces, two non-conjugate embeddings into Cremora Group II, the Castelnuovo-Severi inequality for a double covering, a Poincare polynomial of a class of signed complete graphic arrangements, singularities of dual varieties in Characteristic 2, and Castelnuovo-Well lattices. All papers are original and have not been published elsewhere. Distributed in the US by the American Mathematical Society. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)