Speaker: Farbod Shokrieh (Cornell U.)
Title:
Metric graphs, potential theory, and algebraic geometry
Abstract:
A metric graph can be viewed, in many respects, as an analogue of an
algebraic curve. For example, there is a notion of “Jacobian” for
graphs.
More classically, metric graphs can be viewed as electrical networks.
I will discuss the interplay between these two points of view, as well
as some recent applications to problems in algebraic geometry.