Event

Talk
The enumerative geometry of the moduli space of curves
Prof. Gavril Farkas
12 Nov 2007, 15:00 – 16:00

The moduli space M_g of Riemann surfaces of genus g is a central object in mathematics. In the last two decades we have witnessed major advances in understanding its geometry using ideas from algebraic geometry, topology and physics. I will discuss problems related to the cohomology of M_g (Witten's conjecture on intersection numbers inspired by two dimesnional gravity, Faber's conjecture on the tautological ring of the moduli space) as well as a few question concerning the global nature of M_g as an algebraic variety.

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• Gavril Farkas