Algebraic geometry talks

August 26, 2004 Colloquium at 4:00PM
The Geometry of Grassmannians and Flag Manifolds
Izzet Coskun, MIT

September 8, 2004 Geometry and Analysis Seminar at 4:00PM
Galois Representations from Fundamental Groups
Christopher Rasmussen, Rice University

September 9, 2004 Colloquium at 4:00PM
Certificates of Algebraic Positivity
Frank Sottile, Texas A&M

September 15, 2004 Geometry and Analysis Seminar at 4:00PM
Classification of quadratic and hermitian forms
Preeti Raman, Rice University

September 16, 2004 Colloquium at 4:00PM
Hypergeometric functions over finite fields and modular forms
Matt Papanikolas, Texas A&M

September 22, 2004 Working seminar at 2:00PM in HB 423
Introduction to Brauer groups and Brauer-Severi varieties
Brendan Hassett

September 23, 2004 Colloquium at 4:00PM
The global geometry of the moduli space of curves
Gavril Farkas, U.T. Austin

September 29, 2004 Working seminar at 2:00PM in HB 423
Introduction to Brauer groups and Brauer-Severi varieties II
Brendan Hassett

September 30, 2004 Colloquium at 4:00PM
Heights and Diophantine problems
Lenny Fukshansky, Texas A&M

September 29, 2004 Geometry and analysis seminar at 4:00PM
Galois theory of function fields of higher-dimensional varieties
Yuri Tschinkel, University of Goettingen

October 6, 2004 Working seminar at 2:00PM in HB 423
The period-index problem for Brauer groups I
Preeti Raman

October 6, 2004 Geometry and analysis seminar at 4:00PM
The algebraic approach to the universality theorem
Ai-Ko Liu, Berkeley

October 7, 2004 Colloquium at 4:00PM
Zariski-dense subgroups of semisimple Lie Groups
Gopal Prasad, University of Michigan

October 13, 2004 Working seminar at 2:00PM in HB 423
The period-index problem for Brauer groups II
Preeti Raman

October 20, 2004 Working seminar at 2:00PM in HB 423
The period-index problem for Brauer groups III

October 25, 2004 Computational algebraic geometry seminar at 4:00PM, HB 427
Implicitizing rational parameterizations of surfaces with resultants and syzygies
Laurent Buse, INRIA

October 27, 2004 Working seminar at 2:00PM in HB 423
The period-index problem for Brauer groups IV
Preeti Raman

October 27, 2004 Geometry and analysis seminar at 4:00PM
Subdivision solvers in geometric problems
Bernard Mourrain, INRIA

November 1, 2004 Working seminar at 3:45PM, HB 423
Equivalences of derived categories I
James Spencer

November 2, 2004 Working geometry and analysis seminar
Jun Zhang
Moduli of cubic surfaces

November 8, 2004 Working seminar at 3:45PM, HB 423
Equivalences of derived categories II
James Spencer

November 10, 2004 Working seminar at 2:00PM in HB 423
The period-index problem for Brauer groups V
Preeti Raman

November 10, 2004 Geometry and analysis seminar at 4:00PM
Asymptotic invariants of line bundles
Alex Wolfe, University of Michigan

November 15, 2004 Working seminar at 3:45PM, HB 423
Equivalences of derived categories III
James Spencer

November 17, 2004 Working seminar at 2:00PM in HB 423
Introduction to modular curves I
Chris Rasmussen

November 22, 2004 Working seminar at 3:45PM, HB 423
Equivalences of derived categories IV
James Spencer

November 29, 2004 Working seminar at 3:45PM, HB 423
Equivalences of derived categories V
James Spencer

December 1, 2004 Working seminar at 2:00PM in HB 423
Introduction to modular curves II
Chris Rasmussen

Talks from the Spring 2004 semester