The derived equivalence class of contraction algebras

Jenny August (University of Edinburgh)

Wednesday 16th May, 2018 15:00-16:00 Maths 110

Abstract

Contraction algebras are a class of finite dimensional, symmetric algebras introduced by Donovan and Wemyss as a tool to study the minimal model program in geometry. In this talk, I will give an introduction to these algebras, before then going on to describe how an associated hyperplane arrangement (a simple picture) controls something that, for a general algebra, is considered extremely complicated; namely, the entire derived equivalence class of such an algebra.

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