Colloquium: Farbod Shokrieh (Cornell U.)

When:
March 13, 2017 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
2017-03-13T15:30:00-10:00
2017-03-13T16:30:00-10:00

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.