Affine structures, mirror symmetry, and K3 surfaces
Speaker:
Mark Gross, University of California at San Diego and University of Cambridge
Date and Time:
Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 10:00am to 11:00am
Location:
Perimeter Institute, Waterloo
Abstract:
I will give an introduction to my ongoing program with Bernd Siebert to use log geometry as a way of passing between affine geometry and complex geometry. In particular, I shall explain in detail how this works for K3 surfaces.