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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Special Colloquium

James Mckernan

MIT

Recent progress in the minimal model program

Abstract:

Compact Riemann surfaces are naturally divided into three types; the Riemann sphere, elliptic curves and curves of higher genus. We will explain the conjectural analogue of this classification in higher dimensions, recent progress towards this classification and some open problems.

Host: Mark Gross

January 20, 2012

2:00 PM

AP&M 6402

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