A1-enumerative geometry

Series
Geometry Topology Student Seminar
Time
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 2:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Stephen Mckean – GaTech
Organizer
Anubhav Mukherjee
Many problems in algebraic geometry involve counting solutions to geometric problems. The number of intersection points of two projective planar curves and the number of lines on a cubic surface are two classical problems in this enumerative geometry. Using A1-homotopy theory, one can gain new insights to old enumerative problems. We will outline some results in A1-enumerative geometry, including the speaker’s current work on Bézout’s Theorem.