RAP on Quantum Cohomology

We will be going over foundational material in quantum cohomology. Currently we are looking at "Notes on stable maps and quantum cohomology" by Fulton and Pandharipande, Algebraic Geometry: Santa Cruz 1995, Kollár et al editors, AMS, Providence RI 1997, alg-geom/9608011

Speakers:

September 26, Sheldon Katz, Overview of Quantum Cohomology

October 3, Sheldon Katz, overview + Sections 1.1-1.2

October 10, Yong Fu, completion of Section 1.2; Chapters 2-4

October 17, Yong Fu, Chapters 2-4

October 24, Luis Alvarez-Consul (Doob postdoc, UIUC) "Notes on stable maps and quantum cohomlogy" by Fulton and Pandharipande
Abstract: I will continue with sections 4.2-4.4, which establish several properties of the moduli space of stable pointed maps into projective space (mainly its projectivity).

October 31, Artur Elezi, Brigham Young University

November 7, Xinyun Zhu, Graduate Student, UIUC, Continuing Chapter 5 and beginning Chapter 6

November 14, Luis Alvarez-Consul (Doob postdoc, UIUC, continuation of October 24 talk

November 28, Xinyun Zhu, Graduate Student, UIUC, Chapters 7 and 8

December 5, Yong Fu, Graduate Student, UIUC, Chapter 9

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