The algebraic geometry seminar in Term 1 2023/2024 will usually meet on Wednesdays at 3pm in B3.02, though we may sometimes change to allow speakers from other time zones.

See the talks from last term here.

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Wednesday 4 October 2023, 3pm. Speaker: Charles Favre (École Polytechnique)

Title: b-divisors and dynamical applications

Abstract: b-divisors were introduced by Shokurov in the context of the minimal model program. We shall explain how to develop a positivity theory of these objects that have remarkable applications to algebraic dynamics.

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Wednesday 11 October 2023, 3pm. Speaker: Calla Tschanz (University of Bath)

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Wednesday 18 October 2023, 3pm. Speaker: TBA

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Wednesday 25 October 2023, 3pm. Speaker: Farhad Babaee (Bristol)

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Wednesday 1 November 2023, 3pm. Speaker: Marvin Anas Hahn (Trinity College Dublin)

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Wednesday 8 November 2023, 3pm. Speaker: Shengyuan Huang (Birmingham)

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Wednesday 15 November 2023, 3pm. Speaker: Jeffrey Hicks (Edinburgh)

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Wednesday 22 November 2023, 3pm. Speaker: Sara Veneziale (LSGNT)

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Wednesday 29 November 2023, 3pm. Speaker: Xenia de la Ossa (Oxford)

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Wednesday 6 December 2023, 3pm. Speaker: Geoffrey Mboya (Oxford)