Speaker: Chen-Yu Chi (National Taiwan University.)
Date and time: Monday, September 2:nd, 15.00
Place: VRII, room 157
Title: On the pseudonorm project towards birational classification of
algebraic varieties
Abstract:
In 1971, H. L. Royden proved that two compact Riemann surfaces
are isomorphic exactly when there exists a linear isometry between their
spaces of holomorphic quadratic differentials. Inspired by Royden's result,
S.-T. Yau proposed a program aiming at birational classification of complex
algebraic manifolds by studying canonical norm-like functions on spaces of
holomorphic higher differentials. In this talk, we will introduce Yau's
program as well as some related results.