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Algebraic Geometry Seminar


Date: Tuesday, Nov 19, 2024

Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM

Location: LCB 222


Pierrick Bousseau

University of Georgia

Title

The KSBA moduli space of stable log Calabi-Yau surfaces

Abstract

Abstract: The KSBA moduli space of stable pairs (X,B), introduced by Kollár–Shepherd-Barron, and Alexeev, is a natural generalization of the moduli space of stable curves for higher dimensional varieties. This moduli space is described concretely only in a handful of situations. For instance, if X is a toric variety and B=D+\epsilon C, where D is the toric boundary divisor and C is an ample divisor, it is shown by Alexeev that the KSBA moduli space is a toric variety. More generally, for stable pairs of the form (X,D+\epsilon C) with (X,D) a log Calabi-Yau variety and C an ample divisor, it was conjectured by Hacking–Keel–Yu that the KSBA moduli space is still toric (up to passing to a finite cover). In joint work with Alexeev and Arguz, we prove this conjecture for all log Calabi-Yau surfaces. This uses tools from the minimal model program, log smooth deformation theory and mirror symmetry.

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