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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Food For Thought Seminar

Michael Kasa

UCSD

Toric Varieties

Abstract:

We describe toric varieties, some of the most delightful objects in algebraic geometry, as quotients of open subsets of affine space by reductive groups. Many explicit examples will be shown. Time permitting, we will explore the toric varieties package in SAGE.

April 17, 2014

1:00 PM

AP&M 5402

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