Graduate Algebraic Geometry Seminar Fall 2017

Wednesdays 1:30-2:30 pm, Room - TBA

The purpose of this seminar is to have a talk on each week by a graduate student to help orient ourselves for the Algebraic Geometry Seminar talk on the following Friday. These talks should be aimed at beginning graduate students, and could try to explain some of the background, terminology, and ideas for the grown-up AG talk that week, or can be about whatever you have been thinking about recently.

Give a talk!

We need volunteers to give talks this semester. If you're interested contact Nathan. Beginning graduate students are particularly encouraged to give a talk, since it's a great way to get your feet wet with the material.

Fall 2012 Semester

Date	Speaker	Title (click to see abstract)
February 13 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
February 20 (Wed.)	Jeff Poskin	Constructing proper but non-projective varieties.
February 27 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
March 6 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
March 13 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
March 20 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
March 27 (Wed.)	Spring Break	No Seminar
April 3 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
April 10 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
April 17 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
April 24 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
May 1 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA
May 8 (Wed.)	TBA	TBA

Soon!

Lalit Jain

Title: We Don't Need No Stinking Scheme

Abstract: Following Mumford, we'll compute the Picard group of the (non-existent) moduli space of elliptic curves.

February 13

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February 20

Jeff Poskin

Title: Constructing proper but non-projective varieties.

Abstract: It is known that, above dimension 1, there exist proper varieties that are not projective. Using the methods associated with the study of toric varieties, we give several examples and show why they must not be projective.

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March 13

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March 20

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April 3

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April 24

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May 1

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May 8

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