Seminar Schedule (Sem 1 2018)

Resources:

R1) Part 1 of "D-modules, perverse sheaves and representation theory" by Hotta, Takeuchi and Tanisaki

R2) "D-modules" by Arkhipov

R3) "A Primer of algebraic D-modules" by Coutinho (does not have the same layout as R1 and R2)

R4) See "References" in R2.

R5) "Lectures on algebraic D-modules" by Braverman and Chmutova

Time and Venue:

Tues 11am-1pm

67-641

Conditions:

1) 1 hour presentation/discussion/exercises per week.

2) The topic of the following seminar is organised on the day.

3) This is an ambitious topic. For an expedient passage, the audience should read the material and attempt some exercises before the seminar. R2 provides some very nice examples.