Seminar

Tropical Geometry (Spring 2025)

Co-organized with Smita Rajan.
Spacetime: Tuesdays 1:10-2 in Evans 762
Reference: Tropical Geometry (Maclagan and Sturmfels)

Date	Speaker	Topic
1/28	Lizzie Pratt	Sections 1.1, 1.3
2/4	Smita Rajan	Sections 2.1-2.2
2/11	Hannah Friedman	Sections 2.3-2.4
2/18	Lizzie Pratt	Sections 2.5-2.6
2/25	Xiangru Zeng	Sections 3.1-3.2
3/4	Svala Sverrisdottir	Sections 3.3-3.6
3/11	Smita Rajan	Section 4.1
3/18	Xiangru Zeng	Section 4.2
3/25	Spring break! No seminar.
4/1	Smita Rajan	Section 4.3
4/8	Smita Rajan	Section 4.4
4/15	Lizzie Pratt	Sections 6.1-6.3
4/22	Smita Rajan	Sections 4.5-4.6
4/29	Bernd Sturmfels	Moduli Spaces
5/6	Brian Morris	Section 6.4

Intersection Theory and Flag Varieties (Spring 2024)

Spacetime: Wednesdays 3:10-4 in Evans 736
Reference: 3264 and All That (Eisenbud and Harris)

Date	Speaker	Topic
1/31	John Nolan	Grassmannian as a functor
2/7	John Nolan	Bundles on Grassmannians
2/14	Xianglong Ni	Schubert varieties from representation theory
2/21	Xianglong Ni	Schubert varieties
2/28	Lizzie Pratt	Pieri’s rule and calculations
3/6	Connor Halleck-Dubé	Chern classes
3/13	Connor Halleck-Dubé	Chow rings of flag varieties
3/13	Lizzie Pratt	27 lines on a cubic surface via Chern classes

Intersection Theory (Fall 2023)

Spacetime: Mondays 12:10-1 in Evans 732
Reference: 3264 and All That (Eisenbud and Harris)

Date	Speaker	Topic
9/11	Lizzie Pratt	Sections 1.1-3
9/18	Lizzie Pratt	Sections 1.1-3
9/25	Lizzie Pratt	Sections 1.1-3
10/2	Rose Lopez	Section 1.4
10/9	Rose Lopez	Section 1.4
10/16	Joe Hlavinka	Section 2.1
10/23	Joe Hlavinka	Section 2.2
10/30	Joe Hlavinka	Section 2.2 and exercises
11/6	Jesse Selover	Section 2.2 and exercises
11/13	Jesse Selover	More exercises

We also have seminar notes, thanks to John Nolan.