University of Washington
Graduate Study In Mathematics
Recommended Program: Algebraic Geometry

Sándor Kovács and S. Paul Smith
First Year
504 505 506  (Modern Algebra)
544 545 546  (Topology and Geometry of Manifolds)
534 535 536  (Complex Analysis)
Second Year
Three of the following*
(to be chosen in consultation with the advisor, depending on student's interest and availability):
507  508    (Algebraic Geometry) 
      (Commutative Algebra)
      (Homological Algebra) 
564 565 566  (Algebraic Topology)
537 538 539  (Several Complex Variables)

* Algebraic Geometry and/or Commutative Algebra should be chosen if available.


Research interest:

Sándor Kovács
Higher dimensional geometry, Mori theory, moduli problems, singularities.  My work combines the techniques of the Minimal Model Program (or Mori theory) with cohomological methods such as vanishing theorems.  I am often working with singular varieties, which includes the study of the singularities themselves, but it is also a way to understand non-singular varieties better.
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