Showme Algebraic Geometry Meetings

该奖项为2009年、2010年和2011年春季学期分别在华盛顿大学、密苏里大学圣路易斯分校(UMSL)和密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校(MU)举行的三次Showme代数几何会议提供资金。每所学校将按以下顺序轮流组织一次会议：华盛顿大学、密歇根州立大学和墨尔本大学。每次会议都将在代数几何中有一个重点领域。重点领域是：代数几何的现代趋势，特别强调二次几何(华盛顿大学)，K3曲面和Calabi-Yau流形的几何和算术(UMSL)，以及Orbillold上同调，Donaldson-Thomas理论和相关的模空间(MU)。在这三次会议中的每一次，我们都将收到来自密苏里州和附近各州的代数几何学者的3到4个特邀演讲，以及来自地理区域以外的顶尖数学家的两个特邀演讲。这些会议有两个主要目标。第一个是为密苏里州和附近各州的代数几何学家提供一个论坛，让他们与同事会面，了解重点领域的最新研究进展。二是为研究生、博士、女性、少数族裔和残疾人提供开阔数学视野的机会。这些Showme代数几何会议的重点领域都是代数几何的领域，对这些领域来说，与数学和物理的不同领域的联系是显而易见的和正在出现的。这些会议将对多样性以及科学和教育活动产生重大影响。

This award funds three Showme Algebraic Geometry meetings at Washington University, University of Missouri - St Louis (UMSL), and University of Missouri - Columbia (MU) for the Spring semesters of 2009, 2010, and 2011 respectively. Each school will take a turn organizing a meeting in the following order: Washington University, UMSL and MU. Each meeting will have a focus area within algebraic geometry. The focus areas are: modern trends in algebraic geometry with special emphasis on birational geometry (Washington University), the geometry and arithmetic of K3 surfaces and Calabi-Yau manifolds (UMSL), and orbifold cohomology, Donaldson-Thomas theory and related moduli spaces (MU). For each of these three meetings, we will have 3 or 4 invited addresses by algebraic geometers from Missouri and nearby states, and two invited talks by leading mathematicians from outside the geographic region. The meetings have two main goals. The first is to provide a forum for algebraic geometers in Missouri and nearby states to meet with colleagues and learn of recent research developments in the focused areas. The second is to give graduate students, recent Ph.D's, women, minorities and persons with disabilities an opportunity to broaden their mathematical horizons. The focused areaes of these Showme Algebraic Geometry meetings are all areas of algebraic geometry for which connections with different areas of mathematics and physics are apparent and emerging. The meetings would have a high impact on diversity, as well as scientific and educational activities.