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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
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| Date, time & place | Friday 13:30 - 15:00 ハイブリッド開催/117Room #ハイブリッド開催/117 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.) |
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| Organizer(s) | GONGYO Yoshinori, NAKAMURA Yusuke, TANAKA Hiromu |
2008/03/14
16:30-18:00 Room #126 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.)
David Morrison (UC Santa Barbara)
Understanding singular algebraic varieties via string theory
David Morrison (UC Santa Barbara)
Understanding singular algebraic varieties via string theory
[ Abstract ]
String theory has helped to formulate two major new insights in the study of singular algebraic varieties. The first -- which also arose from symplectic geometry -- is that families of Kaehler metrics are an important tool in uncovering the structure of singular algebraic varieties. The second, more recent insight -- related to independent work in the representation theory of associative algebras -- is that one's understanding of a singular (affine) algebraic variety is enhanced if one can find a non-commutative ring whose center is the coordinate ring of the variety. We will describe both of these insights, and explain how they are related to string theory.
String theory has helped to formulate two major new insights in the study of singular algebraic varieties. The first -- which also arose from symplectic geometry -- is that families of Kaehler metrics are an important tool in uncovering the structure of singular algebraic varieties. The second, more recent insight -- related to independent work in the representation theory of associative algebras -- is that one's understanding of a singular (affine) algebraic variety is enhanced if one can find a non-commutative ring whose center is the coordinate ring of the variety. We will describe both of these insights, and explain how they are related to string theory.
