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Friday, April 22

Colloquium

Daniel Duarte, Autonomous University of Zacatecas

Nash blowups of toric surfaces in positive characteristic

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4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Location: Avery Hall Room: 115 Avery Hall
A fundamental problem in algebraic geometry is the resolution of singularities, which is a very active area of research nowadays, especially in the case of varieties over fields of positive characteristic. In the 1970’s, John Nash got interested in …