The  Weizmann  Institute  of  Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

Algebraic Geometry and Representation Theory Seminar

Lecture Hall, Room 1, Ziskind Building
on Thursday, January 3, 2013
at 13:30

Note the unusual day, time and location

Avraham Aizenbud
MIT

will speak on

Representation count, rational singularities of deformation varieties,
and pushforward of smooth measures

Abstract:
1.  The number of n-dimensional irreducible representations of the pro-finite
group $SL(d,Z_p)$ is bounded by a polynomial on n whose degree does not depend
on d and p (our current bound for the degree is 22).

2. Let $\phi : X \rightarrow Y$ be a flat map of smooth algebraic varieties
over a local field $F$ of characteristic 0 and assume  that all the fibers of
$\phi$ are of rational singularities. Then, the push-forward of any  smooth
compactly supported measure on $X$ has continuous density.

3. Let $X=Hom(\pi_1(S),SL_d)$ where $S$ is  a surface of high enough genus (our
current bound for the genus is 12). Then $X$ is of rational singularities.

We will also discuss the surprising relation between those results which
allowed us to prove them.

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Technion Math Net-2 (TECHMATH2)
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