Seminar on secant varieties

Summer term 2011/2012 (finished)

We meet every Wednesday 10:15-11:45 in classroom 3220 at MIMUW. In exceptional situations we meet on Friday 12:15-13:45.
We begin with reading Claudiu Raicu's thesis: "Secant Varieties of Segre-Veronese Varieties".

Schedule:

When?Where? Who?What?
Wed 22.02.20123220Organisational meeting
Weronika Buczyńska,Intro to X-ranks etc.
Jarosław BuczyńskiProblems we might consider
Wed 29.02.2012 no meeting
Wed 7.03.20123220Maria Donten-BuryRepresentations of symmetric groups and GL(n) (2.3)
Wed 14.03.20123220Joahim JelisiejewCatalecticants (2.4)
Weronika BuczyńskaFlattenings (2.5-6)
Fri 23.03.20123041Światosław GalEquations of secant varieties...(3.1-3.2.1)
Fri 30.03.2012no meeting
Wed 04.04.20123220Jarosław BuczyńskiTableaux and generic 1-flattenings (3.2.2-3.2.4)
Wed 11.04.2012 no meeting
Wed 18.04.20123220Agnieszka BodzentaExamples (5.1-5.3, 5.5)
Fri 27.04.20123220Mateusz MichałekPolarisations and specialisations (3.3)
Wed 02.05.2012 no meeting
Wed 09.05.20123220Mateusz Michałek Proof of the main result, steps 0-1 (4.2--4.2.1)
Wed 16.05.20123220Mateusz Michałek Proof of the main result, step 2 (4.2.2)
Wed 23.05.20123220Maria Donten-Bury Proof of the main result, step 3 (4.2.3)
Wed 30.05.20123220Agnieszka BodzentaProof of the main result, step 4 and consequences (4.2.4 and 4.1)
Wed 6.06.20123220Jarosław Buczyński Catalecticants (overview of 6)