Annual Meeting 2017 of the SMS
The Annual Meeting 2017 of the SMS takes place May 5 at the University of Basel: Alte Universität, Rheinsprung 9, 4051 Basel, Hörsaal 101.
The General Assembly of the society is part of the meeting.
- Program of the meeting and the General Assembly: PDF Document
- Public Lecture: 17:15-18:15 in Hörsaal 101
Ivan Cheltsov (University of Edinburgh)
Rational and non-rational varieties
Abstract: Pythagorean triples are given by rational parametrization of
the unit circle. Similarly, all conics in the plane admits a similar
parametrization. This is no longer the case for the curves of higher
degrees.
For example, non-singular plane cubic curves (elliptic curves) cannot
be rationally parametrized. In dimension one and two, the problem of
existence of such parametrization is completely solved.
In higher dimensions, the picture is less clear. In this talk, I will survey
know results and open problems in this direction.
- How to find us: Map
