Avi Steiner (University of Western Ontario)

Algebra & Geometry Seminar

Monday, January 10th, 2022

Time: 4:30 p.m.  Place: Online via Zoom (contact Kaveh Mousavand for Zoom link)

Speaker: Avi Steiner (University of Western Ontario)

Title: "Symmetrizing" logarithmic derivations with respect to matroid duality

Abstract: Of interest to people who study both hyperplane arrangements and commutative algebra are the homological properties of the module of logarithmic derivations of a hyperplane arrangement A. I will introduce the "ideal of pairs", which is a sort of "symmetrization" of this module of logarithmic derivations with respect to matroid duality. This is an ideal which simultaneously "sees" many of the homological properties of both the arrangement and its dual.

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