The Hirzeburch Compactification of Hibert Modular Surfaces

  • Date: 02/07/2013
  • Time: 14:00
Lecturer(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.

Other Information: 

Location: MS 337