Study group on Geometric Invariant Theory

This working seminar takes place on Thursdays from 2 to 3:30 pm in Room 5212 at the CUNY Graduate Center. All are welcome.

Our goal is to study Geometric Invariant Theory, and its application to moduli problems in particular.

Schedule of upcoming talks

February 21 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm	Bart Van Steirteghem	Basic results in Classical Invariant Theory
February 28 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm	Bart Van Steirteghem	Basic results in Classical Invariant Theory, continued
March 14 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm	Bart Van Steirteghem	Basic results in Classical Invariant Theory, continued
April 11 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm	Bart Van Steirteghem	Basic results in Classical Invariant Theory, continued
April 25 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm	Lloyd West	M3, FOM, FOD and automorphisms of cubic rational maps
May 2 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm	Lloyd West	M3, FOM, FOD and automorphisms of cubic rational maps, continued

Basic references on GIT

• Michel Brion, Introduction to actions of algebraic groups, Les cours du CIRM, 1 no. 1 (2010), 1-22 [pdf]
• Peter Newstead, Geometric Invariant Theory, Lecture Notes CIMPA-2006 [pdf]
• Richard P. Thomas, Notes on GIT and symplectic reduction for bundles and varieties, in Surveys in Differential Geometry X, ed. S.-T. Yau. International Press, 2006 [arxiv]

Organized by
Anupam Bhatnagar
Bart Van Steirteghem (bartvs "at-sign" mec "dot" cuny "dot" edu)
Lloyd West (lloydwest "at-sign" me "dot" com)

Previous semesters: Fall 2012 Spring 2012 Fall 2011 Spring 2011

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Last update: 27 April 2013