Calculating Thom polynomials

Duration: 1 hour 6 mins 43 secs
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Description: Szenes, A (Genève)
Tuesday 01 March 2011, 10:00-11:00
 
Created: 2011-03-04 10:43
Collection: Moduli Spaces
Publisher: Isaac Newton Institute
Copyright: Szenes, A
Language: eng (English)
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Author:  Szenes, A
Producer:  Steve Greenham
 
Abstract: There is a polynomial invariant, introduced by Thom in the 1950s, which links the enumerative characteristics of manifolds with the type of singularities which cannot be avoided in maps between them. In this talk, I will report on recent progress in calculating these polynomials.
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