Birational Geometry Seminar, Spring
2007
WF at 2:00-2:50 in Common Room
Related Texts: Introduction to the Mori Program,
Matsuki; Birational
Geometry of Algebraic Varieties, Kollar/Mori; Complex Algebraic Surfaces, Beauville.
Emphasis is on the birational geometry of surfaces.
Participants: Amanda Knecht, Shuijing
Li, Matt Simpson, Fei Xu.
Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
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January 19 |
Fei Xu |
Basics/Background |
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January 24,26, Feb. 2 |
Shuijing Li |
Birationality
of Curves |
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February 7,14,16 |
Matt Simpson |
Rational
maps on Surfaces |
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February 21,23 |
Amanda Knecht |
Classification of Rational Surfaces |
|
February 38 |
Matt Simpson |
Basic higher
dimensional generalizations |
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March 2 |
NY Conference |
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March 7,9 |
Spring Break |
|
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March 14,16,21 |
Fei Xu |
Classification of surfaces with
k=0. |
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March 23,28,30 |
Shuijing Li |
K3 surfaces and related
topics |
|
April 4 |
Matt Simpson |
Some topic |
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April 6 |
School holiday |
|
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April 11 and maybe 13. |
Matt Simpson |
Some
topic cont. |
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Week of the 16th and 23rd. |
Varied, nonstandard days and
times. |
Talks
for rational curve course |
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