Modul:   MAT770  Oberseminar: Algebraische Geometrie

EPW-sextics and their double covers

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Kieran O'Grady

Sprecher eingeladen von: Prof. Dr. Christian Okonek

Datum: 23.04.12  Zeit: 13.15 - 14.45  Raum: Y27H25

EPW-sextics are special sextic 4-dimensional hypersurfaces equipped with a double cover. The double cover of a generic EPW-sextic is a hyperkaehler deformation of the Hilbert square of a K3 surface. I will make the case that the family of EPW-sextics and their double covers is at least as interesting as the family of cubic 4-dimensional hypersurfaces.