This is a learning seminar in deformation theory, the goal is to learn deformation functors and representability from ground up and eventually to understand deformation theory arguments in the literature.
Courtesy of Elden Elmanto
Venue: Zoom
ID: 925 9012 0268
Passcode: complex that controls deformations — one word, all lowercase
FGA explained: Chapters 6 and 8 (you need to request a copy from your library to legally access the whole book, Chapter 8 available online)
Cotangent complex via DAG is defined in Appendix A of Bhatt-Ho-Patakfalvi-Schnell
Schlessinger: Functors on Artin rings
Meetings are on Fridays at 3pm ET.
The format is 40+10+40: two 40-minutes parts with a 10-minute break in between, usually given by the same speaker.