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March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 31
Noncommutative Geometry
Time: 14:00
Speaker: Ajnit Dhillon (Western)
Title: "Riemann-Roch theorem from Riemann to Hirzebruch and Grothendieck"
Room: MC 106

Abstract: This talk will take place entirely in the algebraic world. We will start with a quick introduction to intersection theory and recall the relevant results from K-theory. The main result is the Grothendieck - Riemann - Roch theorem. Although the theorem is profound the proof is not too difficult so we indicate it. We close by showing that other Riemann-Roch theorems are special cases of this one.