Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Bhargav Bhatt
University of Michigan
Moduli of products of stable varieties
Abstract: We will discuss the relation between the moduli space of a
product of varieties, and the product of the moduli spaces of the
factors. For (stable) curves, Van Opstall showed that taking products
gives an isomorphism between these two spaces, up to controlled finite
etale covers. We will explain why the same picture exists in all
dimensions provided we replace (stable) curves with (stable)
varieties, as defined by the minimal model program. This is joint work
with Wei Ho, Zsolt Patakfalvi, and Christian Schnell.
Wednesday February 22, 2012 at 4:00 PM in SEO 427