Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Goresky-MacPherson duality and deformations of Koszul algebras

  • Date: 11/16/2009
Lecturer(s):
Nicholas Proudfoot (University of Oregon)
Location: 

University of British Columbia

Description: 

Goresky and MacPherson observed that certain pairs of
algebraic varieties with torus actions have equivariant cohomology
rings that are "dual" in a sense that I will define. Examples of
such pairs come up naturally in both representation theory and
combinatorics. I will explain how this duality is in fact a shadow
of a much deeper relationship, in which certain categories of sheaves
on the varieties are Koszul dual to each other.

Schedule: 

3:10pm - 4:30pm, WMAX 110.

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