UBC Math Department Colloquium: Bernd Sturmfels
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Topic
Sixty-four Curves of Degree Six
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This lecture is an invitation to real algebraic geometry, along with computational aspects, ranging from bitangents and K3 surfaces to eigenvectors and ranks of tensors. We present an experimental study - with many pictures - of smooth curves of degree six in the real plane. The number 64 refers to rigid isotopy types in the Rokhlin-Nikulin classification.
Additional Information
Location: ESB 2012
Refreshments will be served at 2:45 in PIMS lounge before the colloquium.
Bernd Sturmfels (UC Berkeley and MPI Leipzig)