Eric Riedl : Rational Curves on General Type Hypersurfaces

Posted by Eric Riedl , part of the Algebraic Geometry Seminar.

At

Feb. 3, 2016, 4 p.m.

In

SEO 427

Abstract

In joint work with David Yang, we prove that for d between (3n+1)/2 and 2n-3, a very general hypersurface in P^n will contain lines but no other rational curves. This partially resolves a conjecture of Voisin.