Student Gromov-Witten Theory Seminar

Organizers: Kevin Lin (kevin@mpim-bonn.mpg.de) and Maxim Smirnov (msmirnov@mpim-bonn.mpg.de)

1. Thursday, 17 Sep 2009, 16:30-18:00, MPI Hoersaal
Kevin Lin: Introduction to moduli of curves and GW theory
Notes and discussion at the n-category cafe

2. Monday, 28 Sep 2009, 12:00-13:30, MPI Hoersaal
Elena Andreini: Introduction to stacks [Vi1]

3. Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009, 16:30-18:00, MPI Seminarraum
Majid Hadian: Moduli of elliptic curves I (in elliptic cohomology seminar)

4. Thursday, 1 Oct 2009, 16:30-18:00, MPI Hoersaal
Majid Hadian: Moduli of elliptic curves II

5. Monday, 5 Oct 2009, 14:30-16:00, MPI Seminarraum
Majid Hadian: Moduli of elliptic curves III (in elliptic cohomology seminar)

6. Thursday, 8 Oct 2009, 16:30-18:00, MPI Seminarraum
Maxim Smirnov: Stable curves and stable maps, intersection theory [Fu, Ma]

7. Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009, 14:30-16:00, MPI Hoersaal
Kevin Lin: Stratification, stabilization [BeMa, DeMu]

8. Friday, 23 Oct 2009, 16:00-17:30, MPI Seminarraum
Donatella Iacono: Deformations, obstructions [Se]

9. Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009, 14:00-15:30, MPI Hoersaal
Bruno Vallette: Operads, CohFTs [Ma]

10. Friday, 13 Nov 2009, 16:00-17:30, MPI Hoersaal
Christian Kaiser: Cotangent complex I: Definition [Il, Qu]

11. Monday, 23 Nov 2009, 16:30-18:00, MPI Hoersaal
Christian Kaiser: Cotangent complex II: Relation to deformation theory [Il, Qu]

12. Bruno Vallette: Gravity, BV

13. Maxim Smirnov: ?

14. Kevin Lin: ?

15. ?

16. ?

References:
[Be] Behrend, Gromov-Witten invariants in algebraic geometry
[BeMa] Behrend-Manin
[BeFa] Behrend-Fantechi, The intrinsic normal cone
[DeMu] Deligne-Mumford
[Fu] Fulton, Intersection theory
[HaMo] Harris-Morrison
[Il] Illusie, Complexe cotangent et déformations
[KoMa] Kontsevich-Manin, Gromov-Witten classes, quantum cohomology, and enumerative geometry
[LiTi] Li-Tian
[Qu] Quillen, On the (co-)homology of commutative rings
[Ma] Manin, Frobenius manifolds, quantum cohomology, and moduli spaces
[Mu] Mumford, Towards an enumerative geometry of the moduli space of curves
[Se] Sernesi, Deformations of algebraic schemes
[Vi1] Vistoli, Notes on Grothendieck topologies, fibered categories and descent theory
[Vi2] Vistoli, Intersection theory on algebraic stacks and on their moduli spaces