Alexander Stathis : An Introduction to Enumerative Geometry and Moduli Spaces

Posted by Wes Townsend , part of the Graduate Student Colloquium.

At

Oct. 10, 2016, 1 p.m.

In

SEO 636

Abstract

Enumerative geometry is the theory of counting geometric objects. For simple questions, one can find so-called "classical solutions" by manipulating the geometry in such a way so that the count is easy to obtain. For more complicated questions, one must use more advanced tools such as moduli spaces and intersection theory. I will give a brief history and introduction to the subject and discuss some of the key questions and tools in its development.

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