Hulya Arguz and Pierrick Bousseau Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - 3:00pm Boyd 322 Speakers: Hulya Arguz and Pierrick Boisseau All invited to a special algebraic geometry seminar specifically devoted to kick-starting this semester's GROVI (Geometry Research, Outreach and Visualization Initiative) project. The speakers will introduce combinatorial gadgets called ``scattering diagrams'' which are used to construct mathematical spaces. Scattering diagrams provide an algebraic recipe to obtain concrete polynomial equations for such spaces, which play an important role in understanding mirror symmetry -- a phenomenon discovered by physicists. The goal is to explain at least enough of the basic mathematics so that a GROVI working group can get started designing a specific illustration/visualization project related to scattering diagrams. The goal of the GROVI working group will be to end the semester with clear plans and/or prototypes for an illustration project which will be completed over the summer by grant-supported undergraduate and graduate students.
