Workshop on

Algebraic curves, monodromy and related topics

April 1-2, 2004

Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Thursday, April 1
11-12
Edoardo Sernesi (Roma 3)
"Some remarks on Riemann's existence theorem"
 Abstract
lunch
14-15
Angelo Lopez (Roma 3)
"On the existence of Q-Fano threefolds"
 Abstract
15.15-16
Rita Pardini (Pisa)
"The Severi inequalityfor surfaces of maximal Albanese dimension"
 Abstract
Coffe break
16.30-17.30
Michela Artebani (Genova)
"The Alternating group as Monodromy group of finite coverings. Part I. Curves"
 Abstract
17.30-18.15
Sonia Brivio (Pavia)
"The Alternating group as Monodromy group of finite coverings. Part II, Surfaces"
 Abstract
Social Dinner


Friday, April 2
10-11
Robin Hartshorne (UC Berkeley)
"Gorenstein liaison of projective varieties"
 Abstract
Coffee break
11.30-12.30
Michael Fried (UC Irvine),
"Families of alternating group covers and lifting invariants"
 Abstract
lunch
15-16
Roberto Pignatelli (Trento)
"On a question of Chisini"
 Abstract
16.30-17.30
Hisao Yoshihara (Niigata)
"Galois embeddings of algebraic surfaces"
 Abstract