THE SCHOOL ON O-MINIMALITY IS POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE TBD, AND WILL NOT TAKE PLACE IN MARCH 2020 O-minimality in Algebraic Geometry

Department of Mathematics

at Stony Brook University

7th Stony Brook Mini-School in Geometry

Friday, March 27, 2020


Followed by AGNES, March 27-29, 2020

Topic of the mini-school

The theory of "o-minimal structures" can be viewed is an extension of subanalytic geometry coming from model theory. It allows one to work with a much larger class of sets than in algebraic geometry, while keeping many of the familiar finiteness properties of real algebraic sets. In recent years, there have been several spectacular applications of this theory to algebraic geometry (André-Oort conjecture) and Hodge theory (Griffith's conjecture about images of period mappings).

Aimed at graduate students and postdocs in geometry, the goal of this mini-school is to give a gentle introduction to o-minimality and to its applications in Hodge theory. No previous exposure to the topics of the mini-school will be assumed.

Registration and poster

Please click here to register (deadline March 10). A copy of the poster can be downloaded here, please spread the word!

Schedule

The first three lectures will take place in room 102 of Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.

10.00-11.15 Introduction to Hodge theory Christian Schnell
(Stony Brook)
11.15-11.45Coffee break
11.45-1.00Introduction to o-minimality s Sergei Starchenko
(Notre Dame)
1.00-2.30Lunch
2.30-3.30Introduction to o-minimality in algebraic geometry Jacob Tsimerman
(University of Toronto)
3.30-4.30Coffee break/AGNES welcome reception
4.30-6.00Applications of o-minimality in algebraic geometry
This is also the first talk of AGNES, and will take place in SCGP Auditorium
Jacob Tsimerman
(University of Toronto)

How to get here

Directions to Stony Brook and the location of Mathematics department.
If you are driving, please park in a faculty/staff lot, and obtain a visitor permit from the registration desk inside Simons Center.
LIRR train schedule. We recommend the train departing Penn Station at 7.47 am, with a connection at Jamaica at 8.17am, arriving at Stony Brook at 9.42am.

Reimbursements

Lunch and coffee will be provided and we will defray modest travel costs (trains or carpooling) for non-local participants.
To help us process reimbursement, please pool your expenses by asking one person in a group to buy round-trip tickets for everybody, and give us one receipt for reimbursement (with the names of the others), etc.
The lunch and coffee will be subsidized for local participants.
Organized by

Stony Brook Algebraic Geometry group

Supported by the NSF, RTG, and Stony Brook Algebraic Geometry Fund