Mathematics Seminar - Friday, 3 June 2011 at 10:00

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M A T H E M A T I C S   S E M I N A R S   2011


Friday, 3 June at 10.00 hrs.


Prof. Valentino Tosatti
(Columbia University, New York, NY, USA)


"How do Calabi-Yau manifolds degenerate?"


Abstract: A Calabi-Yau manifold is a compact Kahler manifold with 
vanishing first Chern class. Yau's solution of the Calabi Conjecture 
implies that Calabi-Yau manifolds admit Ricci-flat Kahler metrics, which 
in most cases are not explicit. We will address the problem of 
understanding how these Ricci-flat metrics can degenerate, when the 
complex structure is fixed.

VENUE: Luigi Stasi Seminar Room(ICTP Leonardo Building, first floor)