Birational Geometry and the Minimal Model Program (Fall 2024)
This is a learning seminar on the basics of the minimal model program in birational geometry. If you are at Berkeley and would like to attend or give a talk, please email Garrett Brown (gmbrown@berkeley.edu).
Time: Wednesdays 4-5:30pm.
Location: Evans Hall 959 (new location!!), UC Berkeley.
Reference: Debarre "Higher-Dimensional Algebraic Geometry"
Schedule:
September 4th: 1.1 - 1.4 Basics of Divisors. Speaker: Garrett Brown
September 11th: 1.5 - 1.8 Ample and Nef Divisors, Numerical Criteria, Asymptotic Riemann-Rock Speaker: Garrett Brown
September 18th: 1.7 - 1.9 More Numerical Criteria, Examples Speaker: Garrett Brown
September 25th: 1.10 - 1.11 Exceptional Loci and Rational Curves. Speaker: Garrett Brown
October 2nd: 2.1 - 2.4 Parametrizing Rational Curves and Morphisms. Speaker: John Nolan
October 9th: 2.1 - 2.4 Parametrizing Rational Curves and Morphisms. Speaker: John Nolan
October 16th: 3.1 Rational Curves. Speaker: Rose Lopez
October 23rd: 3.2 - 3.9 Rational Curves on Fanos and Bend-and-Break. Speaker: Feiyang Lin
October 30th: 3.2 - 3.9 More Bend-and-Break. Speaker: Feiyang Lin
November 6th: 4.1 - 4.7 Uniruled and Rationally Connected Varieties. Speaker: Carlos Esparza
November 13th: 4.1 - 4.7 Uniruled and Rationally Connected Varieties. Speaker: Carlos Esparza
November 20th: 4.1 - 4.7 Uniruled and Rationally Connected Varieties. Speaker: Carlos Esparza
November 27th: No talk, Thanksgiving
December 4th: No talk
December 11th: 6.1 - 6.6 The Cone Theorem. Speaker: Garrett Brown