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Introductory Workshop: Tropical Geometry
Aug 24, 2009 to Aug 28, 2009

Organizer(s)

Eva Maria Feichtner (U Bremen), Ilia Itenberg* (U Strasbourg), Grigory Mikhalkin (U Genève), Bernd Sturmfels (UC Berkeley)
To apply for funding, you must register by Mon, Jun 15 2009.
This workshop is to lay the foundations for the upcoming program. Mini-courses comprising lectures and exercise/discussion sessions will cover the foundational aspects of tropical geometry as well as its connections with adjacent areas: symplectic geometry, several complex variables, algebraic geometry (in particular enumerative and computational aspects) and geometric combinatorics. The mini-courses will be augmented by research talks on current tropical develpoments to open the scene and set up new goals in the beginning semester.


"An illustration of the tropical Abel-Jacobi map" from G. Milkhalkin, I. Zharkov: "Tropical curves, their Jacobians and Theta functions," arXiv: math/0612267.

Bibliography (PDF)



Accommodations:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rose Garden Inn. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-992-9005 OR directly on their website. Click on Corporate at the bottom of the screen and when prompted enter code MATH (this code is not case sensitive). By using this code a new calendar will appear and will show MSRI rate on all room types available.
The cut-off date for reservations is August 7, 2009.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Please mention the workshop name and reference the following code when making reservations via phone, fax or e-mail: 0908MSRIIN_001. The cut-off date for reservations is July 23, 2009.

We also hold a block of rooms at the Doubletree Hotel. Please mention the MSRI as a reference when making reservations by calling 510-548-7920. The Doubletree Hotel offers complementary shuttle to and from MSRI. The room rate is $99 per night.

New, completely renovated Hotel Shattuck Plaza has rooms available for you as well!
Click here to book online
Or, you can make reservations calling the main line, 510-845-7300, and asking for the rate for Connections for Women: TG/ Intro to TG. The room rate is $119 per night plus tax.

Funding

To apply for funding, you must register by Mon, Jun 15 2009. Click to Register
Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and members of underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are made typically 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available.
Schedule
Monday, August 24, 2009
9:15AM - 10:15AM Ilia Itenberg Real aspects of tropical geomerty I [Video available]
11:00AM - 12:00PM Mikael Passare Complex amoebas and coamoebas I [Video available]
2:00PM - 3:00PM Diane Maclagan Introduction to tropical algebraic geometry I [Video available]
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
9:30AM - 10:30AM Ilia Itenberg Real aspects of tropical geomerty II [Video available]
11:00AM - 12:00PM Diane Maclagan Introduction to tropical algebraic geometry II [Video available]
2:00PM - 3:00PM Evgueni Tevelev Tropical Elimination Theory I [Video available]
4:00PM - 5:00PM Jean-Jacques Risler Real Algebraic Geometry, Tropical Geometry and Total Curvature [Video available]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
9:30AM - 10:30AM Mikael Passare Complex amoebas and coamoebas II [Video available]
11:00AM - 12:00PM Evgueni Tevelev Tropical Elimination Theory II [Video available]
2:00PM - 3:00PM Denis Auroux Some tropical aspects of mirror symmetry I [Video available]
4:00PM - 5:00PM Alicia Dickenstein A naive approach to the implicitization of rational varieties using tropical tools [Video available]
Thursday, August 27, 2009
9:30AM - 10:30AM Ilia Itenberg Real aspects of tropical geomerty III [Video available]
11:00AM - 12:00PM Diane Maclagan Introduction to tropical algebraic geometry III [Video available]
2:00PM - 3:00PM Denis Auroux Some tropical aspects of mirror symmetry II [Video available]
4:00PM - 5:00PM Mohammed Abouzaid Symplectic perspectives on tropical geometry [Video available]
Friday, August 28, 2009
9:30AM - 10:30AM Mikael Passare Complex amoebas and coamoebas III [Video available]
11:00AM - 12:00PM Evgueni Tevelev Tropical Elimination Theory III [Video available]
2:00PM - 3:00PM Denis Auroux Some tropical aspects of mirror symmetry III [Video available]
4:00PM - 5:00PM Mark Gross Towards canonical theta functions for Calabi-Yaus [Video available]
Parent Program(s):
Tropical Geometry


Questions about this workshop should be sent either by email to
or by regular mail to:
Introductory Workshop: Tropical Geometry
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA
94720-5070.
USA

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