A novel feature of the book is its integrated approach to algebraic surface theory and the study of vector bundle theory on both curves and surfaces. While the

This book is based on courses given at Columbia University on vector bun dles (1988) and on the theory of algebraic surfaces (1992), as well as lectures in the

The purpose of this book is to present the available (sometimes only partial) solutions to the two fundamental problems: the existence problem and the classific