Back to Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Spring 2018
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Date: Tuesday, Feb 20, 2018
Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Location: LCB 222
Tommaso de Fernex
University of Utah
Title |
The complex Plateau problem |
Abstract |
The complex Plateau problem has been studied in the context of CR manifolds in works of Rossi (1965) and Harvey and Lawson (1975) where it is proved that every embedded strongly pseudoconvex compact CR manifold of dimension at least 3 is the boundary of a Stein space with isolated singularities. What remains to be determined are intrisic conditions on the CR manifold that guarantee that the Stein filling is smooth. In the talk I will survey this question and discuss some old and recent developments on the problem. |
Algebraic Geometry