Thursday, March 7, 2019 12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
EST (GMT -05:00)
Brett Nasserden, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
"Quotient singularities"
Singularities of algebraic varieties which are quotients of a vector space by a finite group provide interesting connections between algebraic geometry, representation theory, and group theory. I will discuss this circle of ideas with a focus on applications to algebraic geometry.
MC 5403