Birational Geometry of Hypersurfaces
Author | : Andreas Hochenegger |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2019-10-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783030186388 |
ISBN-13 | : 3030186385 |
Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Download or read book Birational Geometry of Hypersurfaces written by Andreas Hochenegger and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating from the School on Birational Geometry of Hypersurfaces, this volume focuses on the notion of (stable) rationality of projective varieties and, more specifically, hypersurfaces in projective spaces, and provides a large number of open questions, techniques and spectacular results. The aim of the school was to shed light on this vast area of research by concentrating on two main aspects: (1) Approaches focusing on (stable) rationality using deformation theory and Chow-theoretic tools like decomposition of the diagonal; (2) The connection between K3 surfaces, hyperkähler geometry and cubic fourfolds, which has both a Hodge-theoretic and a homological side. Featuring the beautiful lectures given at the school by Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène, Daniel Huybrechts, Emanuele Macrì, and Claire Voisin, the volume also includes additional notes by János Kollár and an appendix by Andreas Hochenegger.