October 18, 2014 at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

Funded by National Science Foundation Research Training Grant (DMS 1246844)

 

Description: This small workshop, aimed at graduate students and young postdocs, will include an introductory lecture on Newton-Okunkov bodies by Lawrence Ein (UIC) and a series of lectures on recent advances given by Alex Küronya (Budapest University of Technology and Economics).

 

Funding and registration:  So we have an idea of how many participants to expect, please email Kevin Tucker (UIC) at kftucker@uic.edu to let us know that you plan to attend, and also to say if you are requesting any funding for travel/lodging.

 

Schedule: The tentative schedule and topics of the lectures is given below, together with some references appropriate for each of the lectures.  After the workshop has finished, there will also be a workshop dinner in the evening on Saturday, October 18. Details to follow.

 

Problems and Exercises

 

 

10:30 - 12:00 - Lawrence Ein - Introduction to Newton-Okunkov Bodies

 

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1:30 - 2:30 - Alex Küronya - Newton-Okunkov bodies on surfaces

 

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3:00 - 4:00 - Alex Küronya - Functions on Newton-Okunkov bodies

 

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4:30 - 5:30 - Alex Küronya - Local positivity and convex geometry

 

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