Michael Temkin - Logarithmic geometry and resolution of singularities
Channel: Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)
Date: 2021-06-08

Correction: The affiliation of Lei Fu is Tsinghua University.

I will tell about recent developments in resolution of singularities achieved in a series of works with Abramovich and Wlodarczyk – resolution of log varieties, resolution of morphisms and a no-history (or dream) algorithm for resolution of varieties. I will try to especially emphasize the role of logarithmic geometry in these algorithms and in the quest after them.