Back to Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Spring 2012
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Date: Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012
Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Location: LCB 222
Dung Nguyen
Colorado State University
Title |
Characteristic numbers of elliptic space curves |
Abstract |
Counting curves in projective spaces that pass through various linear subspaces and that are tangent to various hyperplanes (or hypersurfaces) is a classical theme in algebraic geometry. An example is there are 3264 conics tangent to 5 general conics in the projective plane. Several fundamental problems in this area remained unsolved until the advent of Kontsevich moduli space of stable maps. In this talk, I will discuss how to use this tool to count genus one space curves. |
Algebraic Geometry