04/12/2002, 15:00 — 16:00 — Room P3.10, Mathematics Building Sean Paul, Columbia University
Bott-Chern Classes and generalised Resultants
I will discuss recent work (joint with G. Tian) on CM stability and
its relationship to Mumfords' Geometric Invariant theory. In
particular we have identified the polarisation defining the CM
stability with a "generalised chow form". Open problems and further
directions will be discussed. The talk should be accesible to
graduate students who have some knowledge of basic complex
algebraic geometry.
