This repository contains the source files for an open book developed as part of the MCLF project.

The book is work in progress. Its purpose is to collect background material on models of curves, valuations, semistable reduction, and related topics. The first version is based on the program and notes of the WS 2024/25 miniseminar on models of curves by the algebra and number theory group at Ulm University.

Although the text is not intended to be in final form for some time, individual versions are stable: a specific Git commit or release can be cited as a fixed version of the book.

Preliminary and under active development.

At the moment the repository only contains the initial LaTeX structure. Chapters will be added gradually.

• main.tex: main LaTeX file.
• preamble.tex: packages, theorem environments, and general LaTeX setup.
• macros.tex: notation and mathematical macros.
• references.bib: bibliography database.
• chapters/: chapter files.
• figures/: figures and figure sources.
• notes/: background material, seminar programs, and other source documents.

The book is written in LaTeX. The intended way to compile it is

latexmk -pdf main.tex

Generated LaTeX auxiliary files and compiled PDFs should normally not be committed to the repository.

Contributions should be made through branches and pull requests.

When editing LaTeX files, please use one sentence per line whenever possible. This makes Git diffs and collaborative editing much easier to read.

For now, please cite a specific Git commit or release rather than the moving main branch.

Unless otherwise indicated, the text of this book is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

See the file LICENSE for details.

A provisional working plan for the book is maintained in BOOK_PLAN.md. It records the intended structure, open questions, and possible future changes.