Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
In (11) and (12), a comparatively elementary approach to the use of dualizing complexes in commutative algebra has been developed. Dualizing complexes were introduced by Grothendieck and Hartshorne in (2) for use in algebraic geometry; the approach to dualizing complexes in (11) and (12) differs from that of Grothendieck and Hartshorne in that it avoids use of the concepts of triangulated category, derived category, and localization of categories, and instead places great emphasis on the concept of quasi-isomorphism of complexes of modules over a commutative Noetherian ring.