| Title: | Group Actions on Curves |
| Speaker: | Darren B. Glass VIGRE/Ritt Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Columbia University New York, NY |
| Abstract: | Algebraic Geometry is the study of curves which are defined by polynomial equations. Some of these curves have special properties, such as the existence of a group action on the curve. These group actions correspond to nice symmetries in the curve, and are useful in calculating certain invariants. This talk will define all of these terms, and give many examples of such actions. In particular, we will look at the elliptic curves which were recently made famous in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, and generalizations such as the hyperelliptic and superelliptic curves. |
| Location: | Norris 109 |
| Date: | 1/13/2005 |
| Time: | 4:10 PM |
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author = "{Darren B. Glass
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title = "{Group Actions on Curves}",
address = "{Albion College Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium}",
month = "{13 January}",
year = "{2005}"
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