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Host: Institut Fourier
Homepage: http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/ECOLETE/ecole2000/
Organizers: Michel BRION, Laurent BONAVÉRO
Description:
The class of toric varieties is a class of algebraic varieties important in several branches of mathematics:
convex polytopes, birational geometry, singularities, arithmetic geometry... The geometry of these varieties
is governed by simple objects of combinatorial nature, closely related to convex geometry, providing
examples and test conjectures in algebraic or analytic geometry. Toric geometry has recently lead to
substantial progress in several topics: classification of Fano varieties, decomposition of birational morphims
and Mori theory, classification of singularities, mirror symetry, enumeration of points with bounded
heights...
The aim of this summer school is to present the state of the art on these questions with minimal previous knowledge. In particular, the courses of the first week presuppose no prior familiarity with algebraic geometry.
Mail Address:
Institut Fourier (UMR 5582 du CNRS) École d'été 1999 B.P. 74 38402 Saint-Martin-d'Hères cedex
Date received: November 21, 1999
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