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Commutative Algebra Seminar


Date: Friday, Apr 7, 2017

Time: 3:10PM - 4:00PM

Location: LCB 215


Wenbo Niu

University of Arkansas

Title

Singularities under generic linkage

Abstract

One of the central problem in linkage theory (or liaison) is to understand the behavior of singularities. Given a variety X, the general equations of X will define a complete intersection V containing X as a component. The closure of V-X gives a variety Y as the residual part of X in V . Then Y is called a general link of X via V . Even for X nonsingular, Y is usually not nonsingular. But sometimes Y could have better singularities than X. In this talk, we will discuss how techniques from birational geometry can used in the study of singularities under linkage. We will show that MJ-singularties can be preserved under the process of linkage. This also leadsus to show the minimal log discrepancies are increased under linkage.

Commutative Algebra

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