Brill-Noether Theory over the Hurwitz Space

Abstract: Brill-Noether theory is the study of line bundles on algebraic curves. A series of results in the 80's describe the varieties parameterizing line bundles with given invariants on a sufficiently general curve. More recently, several mathematicians have turned their attention to the Brill-Noether theory of general covers -- that is, curves that are general in the Hurwitz space rather than in the moduli space of curves. We will survey these recent results and, time permitting, some generalizations.

algebraic geometrycombinatorics

Audience: researchers in the topic

Tropical Geometry in Frankfurt/Zoom TGiF/Z

Series comments: Description: An afternoon seminar series on tropical geometry, known as the TGiZ ("Tropical Geometry in Zoom") or the TGiF ("Tropical Geometry in Frankfurt") seminar.

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Videos of some past talks are available on YouTube here, while some slides can be found here.