Combinatorial methods in Algebraic Geometry

From SIAG-AG

Combinatorial methods have shown to be fundamental in recent advance of Algebraic Geometry, especially in developing algebra-geometrical methods towards applications. The theory of discriminants, tropical geometry and tensor decomposition are just some examples, well highlighted in this conference. The minisymposium will cover a broad range of applications of algebraic-geometrical theories where combinatorial techniques play a fundamental role.

• A.Dickenstein (University of Buenos Aires)
• A. Ito (University of Kyoto), "Gauss maps of toric varieties"
• D. Maclagan (University of Warwick)
• B. Nill (University of of Stockholm)
• L. Oeding (Auburn University), "Staircase flattenings and the border rank of monomials"
• E. Postinghel (Leuven), "On the effective cone of $\mathbb{P}^n$ blown-up at $n+3$ points"
• B. Sturmfels (UC Berkeley), "How to flatten a soccer ball"
• G. Smith (Queens), "Toric Vector Bundles"