SMS scnews item created by Anthony Henderson at Fri 23 May 2008 1426
Type: Seminar
Distribution: World
Expiry: 6 Jun 2008
Calendar1: 6 Jun 2008 1205-1255
CalLoc1: Carslaw 373
CalTitle1: Algebra Seminar: Morrison -- Mori and nef cones of moduli spaces of pointed curves
Auth: anthonyh@asti.maths.usyd.edu.au

Algebra Seminar

Mori and nef cones of moduli spaces of pointed curves

Ian Morrison

6th June, 12:05-12:55pm, Carslaw 373


Abstract

I will first explain the "F-conjecture" which characterizes the extremal rays of the Mori cone of effective curves on the moduli space of n-pointed curves of genus g. Then I will review the consequences of this conjecture for the nef and ample cones of these spaces, explain reductions from the case of general genus to genus 0 and their use to prove the conjecture when g+n is small, and give some applications.


After the seminar we will take the speaker to lunch.

See the Algebra Seminar web page for information about other seminars in the series.

Anthony Henderson anthonyh@maths.usyd.edu.au.