Boston Algebraic Geometry Day

Speakers:

Rob Lazarsfeld, Eyal Markman, Rosie Shen, Montserrat Teixidor i Bigas

Location: Harvard University Science Center 507

Parking: If you need a parking pass, please contact Nathan Chen (nathanchen@math.harvard.edu) by February 27 and give your full name/email address.

Schedule (titles and abstracts are below)

9:30-10:00.  Check-in and refreshments
10:00-11:00.  Rosie Shen
11:00-11:30.  Coffee break
11:30-12:30.  Eyal Markman
12:30-2:30.  Lunch (not provided)
2:30-3:30.  Montserrat Teixidor i Bigas
3:30-4:00.  Coffee break
4:00-5:00.  Rob Lazarsfeld

Abstracts:

Rosie Shen (Harvard): Higher Du Bois singularities and K-regularity

We explain how recent progress in higher Du Bois singularities leads to new results about K-regularity, a notion that measures the homotopy invariance of algebraic K-theory.