Graduate Algebraic Geometry Seminar Fall 2017
When: Wednesdays 4:00pm
Where:Van Vleck TBD
Who: YOU!!
Why: The purpose of this seminar is to learn algebraic geometry by giving and listening to talks in a informal setting. Talks are typically accessible to beginning graduate students and take many different forms. Sometimes people present an interesting paper they find. Other times people give a prep talk for the Friday Algebraic Geometry Seminar. Other times people give a series of talks on a topic they have been studying in-depth.
How:If you want to get emails regarding time, place, and talk topics (which are often assigned quite last minute) add yourself to the gags mailing list: gags@lists.wisc.edu. The list registration page is here.
Give a talk!
We need volunteers to give talks this semester. If you're interested contact DJ, or just add yourself to the list (though in that case we might move your talk later without your permission). Beginning graduate students are particularly encouraged to give a talk, since it's a great way to get your feet wet with the material.
Wish List
Here are the topics we're DYING to learn about! Please consider looking into one of these topics and giving one or two GAGS talks.
- D-modules 101: basics of D-modules, equivalence between left and right D-modules, pullbacks, pushforwards, maybe the Gauss-Manin Connection. Claude Sabbah's introduction to the subject could be a good place to start.
- Sheaf operations on D-modules (the point is that then you can get a Fourier-Mukai transform between certain O-modules and certain D-modules, which is more or less how geometric Langlands is supposed to work)
- David Mumford "Picard Groups of Moduli Problems" (an early paper delving into the geometry of algebaric stacks)
Spring 2017
| Date | Speaker | Title (click to see abstract) |
| January 18 | Nathan Clement | TBD |
| January 25 | Nathan Clement | TBD |
| February 1 | TBD | TBD |
| February 8 | TBD | TBD |
| February 15 | TBD | TBD |
| February 22 | TBD | TBD |
| March 1 | TBD | TBD |
| March 8 | TBD | TBD |
| March 15 | TBD | TBD |
| March 22 | Spring Break | No Seminar. |
| March 29 | TBD | TBD |
| April 5 | TBD | TBD |
| April 12 | TBD | TBD |
| April 19 | TBD | TBD |
| April 26 | TBD | TBD |
January 18
| Nathan Clement |
| Title: TBD |
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January 25
| Nathan Clement |
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February 1
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February 8
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February 15
| TBA |
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February 22
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March 1
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March 8
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March 15
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March 22
| Spring Break |
| Title: No Seminar. |
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Abstract: n/a |
March 29
| TBA |
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April 5
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April 12
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April 19
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April 26
| TBA |
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