15/09/2004, 10:00 — 11:00 — Sala P3.10, Pavilhão de Matemática
Rick Miranda, Colorado State University
Degeneration techniques in algebraic geometry
Embedded degenerations in projective space with special incidence on rational surfaces, Veronese surfaces, line bundles on degenerations, degenerations of surfaces to unions of planes, formulas for plurigenera and $K^2$ .