Commutative algebra 11 (Spectrum of a ring)
Channel: Richard E Borcherds
Date: 2020-08-13

This lecture is part of an online course on commutative algebra, following the book
"Commutative algebra with a view toward algebraic geometry" by David Eisenbud.

In this lecture we define the spectrum of a ring as the space of prime ideals, 
and give a few examples. 

Reading: Lectures 9-15 about visualizing rings do not correspond directly to sections of the textbook.
Exercises: 1.18, 1.19, 1.24