Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 18.727 (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Topics in Algebraic Geometry: Intersection Theory on Moduli Spaces 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mathematics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Dr. Izzet Coskun 
• Course Introduction:
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  18.727 Topics in Algebraic Geometry: Intersection Theory on Moduli Spaces
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features an extensive readings list along with some lecture notes and study materials.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  The topics for this course vary each semester. This semester, the course aims to introduce techniques for studying intersection theory on moduli spaces. In particular, it covers the geometry of homogeneous varieties, the Deligne-Mumford moduli spaces of stable curves and the Kontsevich moduli spaces of stable maps using intersection theory.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .ps.