Mihnea Popa : Projective versus abelian geometry

Posted by , part of the Departmental Colloquium.

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March 19, 2010, 3 p.m.

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SEO 636

Abstract

I will describe a recently emerged parallel between classical geometry in projective space and not so classical geometry on abelian varieties. I will state some conjectures and a few results, and will aim most of the talk to relative beginners.