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Mathematics Colloquium, Fall 2007

Rob Lazarsfeld
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Multiplier ideals and their applications

The multiplier ideal of a polynomial or holomorphic function is an ideal that measures in a rather subtle manner the singularities of the function in question. In recent years these multiplier ideals have found many applications in local and global algebraic geometry. I will give an introduction to this circle of ideas.

Thursday, November 15, 2007, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.

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