Ravi Vakil

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21Differential geometry / Intersection theory / Vector bundles / Divisor / Dual curve / Linear system of divisors / Ample line bundle / Chow ring / Curve / Geometry / Abstract algebra / Algebraic geometry

RECURSIONS FOR CHARACTERISTIC NUMBERS OF GENUS ONE PLANE CURVES RAVI VAKIL Abstract. Characteristic numbers of families of maps of nodal curves to P2 are de ned as

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Language: English - Date: 2002-02-22 23:12:01
22Moduli theory / Algebraic curves / Invariant theory / Complex manifolds / Moduli space / Moduli of algebraic curves / Riemann–Roch theorem / Ample line bundle / Divisor / Algebraic geometry / Abstract algebra / Geometry

THE MODULI SPACE OF CURVES AND GROMOV-WITTEN THEORY RAVI VAKIL A BSTRACT. The goal of this article is to motivate and describe how Gromov-Witten theory can and has provided tools to understand the moduli space of curves.

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Language: English - Date: 2006-05-26 15:48:29
23Birational geometry / Moduli theory / Absolute Galois group / Enriques–Kodaira classification / Moduli space / XTR / Étale cohomology / Abstract algebra / Algebra / Galois theory

ABSOLUTE GALOIS ACTS FAITHFULLY ON THE COMPONENTS OF THE MODULI SPACE OF SURFACES: A BELYI-TYPE THEOREM IN HIGHER DIMENSION ROBERT W. EASTON AND RAVI VAKIL A BSTRACT. Given an object over Q, there is often no reason for

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Language: English - Date: 2007-07-31 17:36:23
24Algebraic geometry / Representation theory / Algebraic combinatorics / Projective geometry / Differential geometry / Grassmannian / Schubert variety / Littlewood–Richardson rule / Projective space / Abstract algebra / Algebra / Mathematics

Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics Geometric positivity in the cohomology of homogeneous spaces and generalized Schubert calculus Izzet Coskun and Ravi Vakil Abstract. We describe recent work on positive descri

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Language: English - Date: 2008-09-23 16:57:18
25Branch point / Complex analysis / Riemann–Hurwitz formula / Mathematical analysis / Abstract algebra / Mathematics

GENUS 0 AND 1 HURWITZ NUMBERS: RECURSIONS, FORMULAS, AND GRAPH-THEORETIC INTERPRETATIONS RAVI VAKIL Abstract. We derive a closed-form expression for all genus 1 Hurwitz numbers, and give a simple new graph-theoretic inte

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Language: English - Date: 2002-02-22 23:12:01
26Moduli theory / Scheme theory / Invariant theory / Algebraic surfaces / Moduli space / Resolution of singularities / Enriques–Kodaira classification / Surface of general type / Moduli of algebraic curves / Algebraic geometry / Geometry / Abstract algebra

MURPHY’S LAW IN ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY: BADLY-BEHAVED DEFORMATION SPACES RAVI VAKIL A BSTRACT. We consider the question: “How bad can the deformation space of an object be?” The answer seems to be: “Unless there is s

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Language: English - Date: 2005-07-07 21:44:12
27String theory / Symplectic topology / Complex manifolds / Algebraic topology / Stable map / Gromov–Witten invariant / Differential geometry of surfaces / Riemann–Hurwitz formula / Canonical bundle / Algebraic geometry / Geometry / Abstract algebra

COUNTING CURVES ON RATIONAL SURFACES RAVI VAKIL Abstract. In [CH3], Caporaso and Harris derive recursive formulas counting nodal plane curves of degree d and geometric genus g in the plane (through the appropriate number

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Language: English - Date: 2002-02-22 23:11:59
28Lie groups / Symmetry / Algebraic groups / Automorphism / Outer automorphism group / E6 / Inner automorphism / Out / Moduli space / Abstract algebra / Algebra / Group theory

A DESCRIPTION OF THE OUTER AUTOMORPHISM OF S6, AND THE INVARIANTS OF SIX POINTS IN PROJECTIVE SPACE BEN HOWARD, JOHN MILLSON, ANDREW SNOWDEN, AND RAVI VAKIL A BSTRACT. We use a simple description of the outer automorphis

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Language: English - Date: 2008-01-23 14:21:23
29Algebraic space / Flat morphism / Blowing up / Affine geometry / Proj construction / Codimension / Affine connection / Algebraic variety / Geometry / Abstract algebra / Algebraic geometry

THE AFFINE STRATIFICATION NUMBER AND THE MODULI SPACE OF CURVES MIKE ROTH AND RAVI VAKIL A BSTRACT. We define the affine stratification number asn X of a scheme X. For X equidimensional, it is the minimal number k such t

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Language: English - Date: 2004-06-22 14:24:22
30Moduli theory / Algebraic topology / String theory / Invariant theory / Moduli space / Gromov–Witten invariant / Moduli of algebraic curves / ELSV formula / Stable map / Abstract algebra / Algebraic geometry / Algebra

RELATIVE VIRTUAL LOCALIZATION AND VANISHING OF TAUTOLOGICAL CLASSES ON MODULI SPACES OF CURVES TOM GRABER AND RAVI VAKIL A BSTRACT. We prove a localization formula for the moduli space of stable relative maps. As an appl

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Language: English - Date: 2004-12-20 16:33:15
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