Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Tommaso de Fernex
University of Utah
Differentials on the arc space
Abstract: The work of Greenberg, Nash, Kolchin, and Denef-Loeser has
set the basis for our understanding of the structure of arc spaces and
their connections to singularities and birational geometry. Most of
the focus in these studies is on the reduced structure of arc spaces
and their underlying topological spaces, and little is known about
their scheme structure. In joint work with Roi Docampo, we further
investigate the structure of arc spaces. Our main result gives a
description of the sheaves of Kahler differentials of the arc space.
The approach leads to new results on arc spaces as well as simpler and
more direct proofs of some of the theorems in the literature.
Wednesday April 26, 2017 at 4:00 PM in SEO 427