Janet Page : An introduction to singularities: characteristic 0 vs. characteristic p

Posted by Janet Page , part of the Graduate Student Colloquium.

At

Nov. 21, 2016, 1 p.m.

In

SEO 636

Abstract

One of the difficulties that arises in algebraic geometry is the existence of singularities (or "non-manifold" points). I will introduce singularities and some of the methods we use to study them. In particular, I will compare methods in characteristic 0 and characteristic p, and discuss when they match up.