Welcome to the Bristol Algebra Reading Seminars taking place on Thursdays 15:00-16:00 in the second floor seminar room at Howard House.
The aim is to prepare students for the talks at the A3G Conference by organising several reading seminars and introductory talks by students and postdocs both from the university and abroad. Attending the reading seminars will be counted as a 10 cp for Ph.D. students in TB1 and another 10 cp in TB2.
Registration
Please fill in this form to get updates on the meetings and also the relevant materials for the A3G Conference. If you are interested in attending the A3G Conference, please attend the meeting to be prepare for the event.
First Meeting
We meet in the Portacabin 3 in the Main Math Building on Thursday, October 12th.
What to Present
Please check the abstracts of the talks at A3G Conference and inform me if you are interested to present an introductory talk on any relevant subject. I will send you all the preliminary materials to present. I am also happy to meet and go through your presentation and the details of your talk.
Talks (Second Semester): The dates/times might be slightly changed when we have everyone's schedule.
All seminars will be in the 2nd floor seminar room.
The main reference for the talks on toric varities is the lecture note by David Cox.
February 7, 2019: Peter Bradshaw -- Toric Varieties 1, Example 1.7 (with the main theorem from the book), Theorem 1.13
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
February 14, 2019: Ollie Clarke -- Toric Varieties 2, Exercise 2.1, Sections 2.3-2.5
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
February 21, 2019: Janet Page -- Toric Varieties 3, Sections 3.1-3.3
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
February 28, 2019: Sally Emerson -- Toric Varieties 4, Sections 3.4-3.6
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
March 7, 2019: Andrew Ferguson -- Toric Varieties 5, Sections 3.4-3.6
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
March 21, 2019: Kevin Grace -- Flag matroids: algebra and geometry
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
April 4, 2019: Charley Cummings-- On local Dressians of matroids
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
Talks (First Semester)
October 12, 2018: Ollie Clarke -- What is a matroid?
Seminar Venue: Portacabin 3
October 19, 2018: Peter Bradshaw -- Interesting families of matroids
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
October 25, 2018: Ollie Clarke -- Matroids from algebraic point of view
Seminar Venue: Portacabin 3
November 1, 2018: Janet Page -- Brief introduction to tropical geometry
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
November 8, 2018: Kevin Grace -- Matroid Connectivity and Templates
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
November 15, 2018: No seminar: Please attend the Bristol COW Seminar organised by Tom Ducat.
COW Seminar Venue: 4th floor seminar room, Howard House
November 22, 2018: Fatemeh Mohammadi -- Introduction to toric geometry
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House
November 29, 2018: Tom Ducat -- Toric Varieties and Fans
Seminar Venue: Portacabin 3
December 6, 2018: Tom Ducat -- Projective Toric Varieties
Seminar Venue: 2nd floor seminar room, Howard House