School (and Workshop) on The

Geometry of Special Varieties

Trento, September 10-15, 2007


 


The Photo




The Talks

 

Topics:

  • Secant and defective varieties.
  • Classification of varieties with extremal tangential properties.
  • Degeneration of varieties (expecially of toric varieties).
  • Degeneration of maps (expecially of projections).
  • Applications to the study of secant varieties.
  • Toric degeneration.
  • Tropical geometry.

 

Organizers

  • Gianfranco Casnati
  • Claudio Fontanari
  • Roberto Notari
  • Maria Luisa Spreafico

Speakers of the School

  • Ciro Ciliberto (Roma Tor Vergata)
  • Francesco Russo (Recife) 

Speakers of the Workshop

  • Marco Andreatta (Trento)
  •  Cristiano Bocci (Milano)
  • Chiara Brambilla (Firenze)
  • Fabrizio Catanese (Bayreuth)
  • Luca Chiantini (Siena)
  • Pietro De Poi (Trieste)
  • Donatella Iacono (SISSA Trieste)
  • Paltin Ionescu (Genova)
  • Antonio Lanteri (Milano)
  • Massimiliano Mella (Ferrara)
  • Atsushi Noma (Yokohama)
  • Francesco Polizzi (Arcavacata di Rende)
  • Kristian Ranestad (Oslo)

 

Programme

Here is a Scientific Programme.

Participants

A list of participants.

Sponsors

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Announcements

First Announcement

Second Announcement

Third Announcement