SMS scnews item created by Boris Lishak at Mon 15 Oct 2018 1404
Type: Seminar
Distribution: World
Calendar1: 17 Oct 2018 1200-1300
CalLoc1: Carslaw 830
CalTitle1: Martinelli -- An introduction to the birational geometry of moduli spaces of stable objects
Auth: borisl@dora.maths.usyd.edu.au

Geometry and Topology Seminar

An introduction to the birational geometry of moduli spaces of stable objects

Diletta Martinelli (Edinburgh)

Please join us for lunch at 1 p.m.

Abstract:

I will explain how hyperkaehler varieties arise as one of the building blocks in the birational classification of algebraic varieties. Then I will describe how recent advances have made possible to apply the machinery of wall-crossing and stability conditions on derived categories, originally developed by Tom Bridgeland to formalize concepts arising from string theory, to study the birational geometry of hyperkaehler varieties of K3-type. I will keep the talk to an introductory/motivational level, more than focusing on the technicalities of the subjects.