Claudia Polini : Blowup algebras and elimination theory

Posted by , part of the Algebraic Geometry Seminar.

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Oct. 15, 2009, 4 p.m.

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SEO 636

Abstract

The theory of blowup algebras is a central area of commutative algebra. Blowup algebras are so called because they are related to the process of blowing up a variety along a subvariety. Using elimination theory we will find the defining equations of the Rees algebras of certain classes of ideals. This is joint work with A. Kustin and B. Ulrich.