Geometry Seminar

Date: May 13, 2022

Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Location: Zoom

Speaker: Daniel Erman, University of Wisconsin Madison

Title: Matrix factorizations of generic polynomials

Abstract: Matrix factorizations provide a way to understand the complexity of a polynomial, and they arise in a wide array of mathematical areas. I’ll give an overview on matrix factorizations and the Buchweitz-Greuel-Schreyer Conjecture on the minimal rank of such a factorization. I’ll also discuss a recent proof of this conjecture for generic polynomials, which involves ultraproduct techniques.