KU-Jerusalem Lunch Seminar: Sokratis Zikas (University of Poitiers) - On connected algebraic subgroups of Bir(X)

Date: 
Tue, 02/05/202312:00-13:00
Location: 
Levy 7 Hall and Zoom
Zoom Link: https://huji.zoom.us/j/84511564169?pwd=SkJmY285YnFIWkZqNmxuaVZsVVQ2UT09

Meeting ID: 845 1156 4169

Passcode:    171220

Title:  On connected algebraic subgroups of Bir(X)

Abstract:  The problem of understanding the structure of the group of birational transformations Bir(X) of a projective variety X is an old one, dating all the way back to the 19th century.In general Bir(X) does not admit the structure of an algebraic group; however one may study algebraic subgroups of it and how they relate to one another. In the last decade there has been a resurgence of results in this area, mainly due to the use of the modern machinery of the Minimal Model Program and the Sarkisov Program.In this talk I will present this modern framework as well as various results around the study of algebraic subgroups of Bir(X) for a Mori fiber space X.