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Commutative Algebra Seminar


Date: Friday, Apr 22, 2022

Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Location: LCB 222


Thomas Polstra

University of Virginia

Title

Inversion of Adjunction of F-purity

Abstract

Critical to the inductive treatment of the complex minimal model program are theorems which compare the singularities of a complex variety with the singularities of a codimension $1$ subvariety. Such theorems, when viewed through the lens of reduction to prime characteristic, produce conjectures on the behavior of Noetherian rings of prime characteristic. In particular, Kawakita’s Inversion of Adjunction of Log Canonical Singularities Theorem inspires the similarly named Inversion of Adjunction of F-purity conjecture in commutative algebra. We will discuss historical developments around this conjecture, recent progress, and relations with the problem of deforming F-purity. This talk is based on collaborative efforts with Austyn Simpson and Kevin Tucker.

Commutative Algebra

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