| COMPLEX ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY | |
| Topic: | Singularities and Spaces of Jets |
| Speaker: | Mircea Mustata |
| Affiliation: | University of Michigan and Member, School of Mathematics |
| Date: | Wednesday, November 29 |
| Time/Room: | 1:00pm - 2:00pm/S-101 |
I will give an introduction to spaces of jets of algebraic varieties, explining their relevance for birational geometry. In particular, I will explain why these spaces are useful in the study of singularities.