Geometry & Physics Date:  Monday, March 18, 2013 Location:  4088 East Hall (4:00 PM to 6:00 PM) Title:  Counting Hyperelliptic curves in Abelian surfaces with Quasi-modular forms Abstract:   In the first part of this talk I will go over some famous results in the theory of curve counting on surfaces, as well present a formula for the number of hyperelliptic curves in a fixed polarized Abelian surface. In the second part I will go into more detail about this formula and its origins in orbifold Gromov-Witten theory, using results from the first part and the crepant resolution conjecture of Bryan-Graber. Speaker:  Simon Rose Institution:  Queens University Event Organizer:        Edit this event (login required). Add new event (login required). For access requests and instructions, contact math-webmaster@umich.edu Back to previous page Back to UM Math seminars/events page.