Speaker: Anand Sawant
Date: May 30, 2024
Affiliation: TIFR, Mumbai

Abstract: Algebraic geometry is the study of objects locally defined by common zero sets of polynomials. Hypersurfaces are objects given by the vanishing of a single polynomial. A classical problem in algebraic geometry, which is still largely unsolved, asks when a given hypersurface in a projective space is rational. In this talk, I will explain the statement of the problem and briefly summarize what is known.