Spring Lectures in Algebraic Geometry

April 16 - 19, 2013

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

 

 

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Title:   Counting curves in algebraic varieties
Lecturer:  Richard Thomas, Imperial College

 

The first talk is part of the regular colloquium series (though it will be at a special time), while the second talk takes place during the usual Algebrai Geometry seminar.

 

Schedule:

  Day Time Room Title  
         
  Tuesday 3:10 - 4:00 1360 The Göttsche conjecture (abstract)  
  Wednesday 4:10 - 6:00 3088 Stable maps, ideal sheaves and the MNOP conjecture (abstract)  
  Thursday 3:10 - 4:00 3088 Stable pairs(abstract)  
  Friday 4:10 - 5:00 4088 BPS invariants (abstract)

This is our ninth Spring Lecture Series in Algebraic Geometry. Previous speakers have been (in reverse chronological order): Bjorn Poonen, Daniel Huybrechts, Marc Levine, Mihnea Popa and Giuseppe Pareschi, Ravi Vakil, Shigeru Mukai, Paul Biran, and Burt Totaro.

These lectures are supported by an NSF RTG grant. Some limited funds are available for graduate students and postdocs who want to visit Ann Arbor for the lecture series. If you are interested, please contact Mircea Mustaţă.

 

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