Conference: Symposium about Pure Mathematics


Knot theory and deformations of singularities of complex curves

{{_Ltalk:R}} Dr. Marco Golla
Date: 07.12.16   Time: 10.00 - 12.00   Room: Y27H46

Knots and links naturally appear in the neighbourhood of the singularity of a complex curve; this creates a bridge between algebraic geometry and differential topology, and this connection has been studied for almost a century. I will discuss some new results about 1-parameter families of singular curves, obtained using modern tools in low-dimensional topology (namely, Heegaard Floer homology). This is joint work with József Bodnár and Daniele Celoria.