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SUMMARY:Math Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:
 Student Algebra & Combinatorics\n
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 Nick Rekuski 
 from MSU will be speaking.\n
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 The seminar is 
 titled "Simply Connectedness in Algebraic Geometry."\n
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 This 
 meeting will take place online.\n
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 The 
 event description is as follows:\n
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 A 
 path connected topological space is simply 
 connected if the space of based paths is path 
 connected. Equivalently, the fundamental 
 group is zero or any connected covering space 
 is trivial. However, these notions do not capture 
 the correct notion in the world of algebraic 
 geometry. For example, if X is a Riemann 
 surface then the Zariski topology (the usual 
 topology in algebraic geometry) on X is equivalent 
 to the cofinite topology, so X is simply 
 connected. In this talk, we will introduce 
 a few definitions of simply connectedness in 
 algebraic geometry - each corresponding to 
 one of the equivalent definitions above. We will 
 then compare these definitions and discuss 
 how their consequences differ from their topological 
 counterparts.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Department of Mathematics\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: https://www.math.msu.edu/\n
 Contact name: Department of Mathematics\n
 Contact phone: (517) 353-0844\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://www.math.msu.edu/Seminars/CalendarView.aspx?month-of=September2016\n
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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