Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Paul Hacking
U. of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mirror symmetry and deformations of surface singularities
Abstract: We use the Strominger-Yau-Zaslow interpretation of mirror
symmetry to describe deformations of surface singularities in terms of
counts of holomorphic curves and discs on a mirror surface. In
particular we prove Looijenga's conjecture on smoothability of cusp
singularities. This is joint work with Mark Gross and Sean Keel.
Thursday March 18, 2010 at 4:00 PM in SEO 636