Zegel Universiteit Leiden
Mathematisch Instituut		 Toren Academiegebouw
Geometry Seminar

Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 15:45 - 16:45, room 401.

Jan Schepers: Quotient singularities are rational.

Abstract:

We define rational singularities of algebraic varieties over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Following a paper by Eckart Viehweg, we prove that quotient singularities are examples of such rational singularities.