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Algebraic Geometry Seminar


Date: Tuesday, Sep 13, 2022

Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM

Location: LCB 323


Raymond Cheng

Columbia University

Title

q-bic Hypersurfaces

Abstract

Let’s count: 1, 2, q+1. The eponymous objects are special projective hypersurfaces of degree q+1, where q is a power of the positive ground field characteristic. This talk will sketch an analogy between the geometry of q-bic hypersurfaces and that of quadric and cubic hypersurfaces. For instance, the moduli spaces of linear spaces in q-bics are smooth and themselves have rich geometry. In the case of q-bic threefolds, I will describe an analogue of result of Clemens and Griffiths, which relates the intermediate Jacobian of the q-bic with the Albanese of its surface of lines.

Algebraic Geometry

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