West End Number Theory Seminar: de Quehen

  • Date: 02/07/2013
Speaker(s):
Victoria de Quehen, McGill
Location: 

University of Calgary

Topic: 

The Hirzeburch Compactification of Hibert Modular Surfaces

Description: 

In this talk we will give a non-singular compactification of Hilbert modular surfaces by constructing a particular toric variety for each cusp. Other than the familiar compactification of modular curves this illustrative example is the simplest case of Mumford's theory of toroidal compactifications.

Schedule: 

2:00 pm at MS 337