ICTP Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Thursday 2 March 2023, at 14:00 (Luca Giovenzana)

[ICTP Math Section]

_ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY SEMINAR_

Thursday 2 March, at 14:00

VENUE:  Luigi Stasi seminar room (ICTP Leonardo da Vinci Building)

Speaker: Luca Giovenzana (University of Loughborough)

Title: Type II degenerations of K3 surfaces, pseudolattices, and mirror 
symmetry


Abstract: I will report on a work in progress about mirror symmetry for 
K3 surfaces in the spirit of the DHT conjecture. After giving a very 
brief introduction to the theory of pseudolattices, I will describe how 
they show up naturally in the context of Type II degenerations of K3 
surfaces, and show how this can be used to recover some classical 
results due to Friedman. Time permitting, I will also discuss how these 
structures seem to provide a natural setting to study mirror symmetry 
for Type II degenerations of K3 surfaces. Everything is based on a joint 
work in progress with Alan Thompson.

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