Cursos IST de Geometria Algébrica 

04/05/2004, 11:00 — 12:00 — Sala P3.10, Pavilhão de Matemática
Rita Pardini, University of Pisa

Abelian covers of algebraic varieties

AIM:

The purpose of this course is to introduce a technique that has proven useful, especially in the theory of algebraic surfaces, to construct interesting varieties and families of varieties and to test general conjectures.

CONTENTS:

Double covers. Finite group actions on complex manifolds, quotient singularities. Structure theorem for abelian covers. Natural deformations of abelian covers. Applications and examples.