Paul Reschke : Distinguished Line Bundles for Complex Surface Automorphisms

Posted by Mihnea Popa , part of the Algebraic Geometry Seminar.

At

Sept. 19, 2012, 4 p.m.

In

SEO 427

Abstract

I will discuss cohomological criteria for the condition that an automorphism of a projective surface has positive entropy. I will then present results and questions in the study of complex surface dynamics that highlight the importance of the cohomological interpretation of entropy.