Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Chenyang Xu
Princeton University
The degenerations of rationally connected varieties
Abstract: We will talk about rationally connected varieties and their
degenerations. This
problem exhibits behavior similar to the problem of existence of rational
points. In characteristic zero we will explain the geometric reason behind
this similarity. In characteristic p, we will talk about results over finite
fields as further evidence.
Thursday January 17, 2008 at 4:00 PM in SEO 636