Author Archives: ravivakil

(The seminar webpage is here.) Mihnea Popa (Northwestern University) September 25, 2015 Positivity for Hodge modules and geometric applications M. Saito’s theory of Hodge modules provides a powerful generalization of classical Hodge theory that is beginning to find basic applications … Continue reading →

(The seminar webpage is here.) Jarod Alper (Australian National University) September 26, 2014 Associated forms in classical invariant theory There is an interesting map which assigns to a homogeneous form on of degree with non-vanishing discriminant, a certain form on … Continue reading →

(The seminar webpage is here.) Alexei Oblomkov (U Mass Amherst) October 4, 2013 Plane curve singularities, knot homology and Hilbert scheme of points on plane I will present a conjectural formula for the Poincare polynomial of the Hilbert scheme of … Continue reading →

Fridays 3:15-4:15 in 383-N (with exceptions) Click on the title to see the abstract (if available).  (For earlier talks in this seminar, click here. For related seminars, click here.) For more information, please contact Jun Li, Zhiyuan Li, or Ravi … Continue reading →

(The seminar webpage is here.) Zhiyuan Li (Stanford) September 24, 2012 Modular forms and special cubic fourfolds A special cubic fourfold is a smooth cubic hypersurface in containing a rational normal scroll. Brendan Hassett has shown that the sets of … Continue reading →

The algebraic geometry notes used over the last few years are available here.

The 2017-18 talks in the Stanford algebraic geometry are here. Here are the webpages of previous years. 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 fall 2001

We have an algebraic geometry mailing list, where news will be sporadically sent. To subscribe, click here, and fill out the form. To mail to the list, e-mail algebraic_geometry-at-lists.stanford.edu. Information sent to the list often includes upcoming talks in our … Continue reading →