Website of Masayuki Kawakita

Talks

1. Discreteness of log discrepancies,
   "ACC for minimal log discrepancies and termination of flips",
   American Institute of Mathematics, USA, 17 May 2012
2. Singularities in the minimal model program,
   "Algebraic versus analytic geometry",
   Erwin Schrödinger International Institute, Austria, 9 December 2011
3. How to classify three-fold divisorial contractions,
   "Singularity theory and its extension",
   Kyoto University, Japan, 22 August 2011
4. Ideal-adic semi-continuity problem for minimal log discrepancies,
   "MMP and extremal rays",
   Kyoto University, Japan, 21 June 2011
5. Ideal-adic semi-continuity problem for minimal log discrepancies,
   University of Tokyo, Japan, 18 April 2011
6. Singularities in the minimal model program,
   5th Pacific Rim conference on mathematics,
   Stanford University, USA, 1 July 2010
7. On minimal log discrepancies,
   "Invariants in algebraic geometry",
   University of Tokyo, Japan, 9 November 2009
8. Towards boundedness of minimal log discrepancies,
   University of Michigan, USA, 24 August 2009
9. Problems on singularities from the theory of minimal models,
   54th algebra symposium,
   Meiji University, Japan, 3 August 2009
10. Towards boundedness of minimal log discrepancies,
    1st Pacific Rim mathematical association congress,
    University of New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 2009
11. Towards boundedness of minimal log discrepancies,
    International conference "Geometry of algebraic varieties",
    Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russia, 2 July 2009
12. Problems on singularities from the theory of minimal models,
    Kyoto University, Japan, 20 May 2009
13. Towards boundedness of minimal log discrepancies,
    University of Cambridge, UK, 28 January 2009
14. Towards boundedness of minimal log discrepancies,
    Hayama symposium on complex analysis in several variables XII, Japan, 15 July 2008
15. Contractions,
    KIAS winter school on algebraic geometry "Basics of minimal model program",
    Phoenix Park, S Korea, 21 February 2008
16. Progress in the theory of minimal models,
    Kyoto University - Seoul National University - Chinese University of Hong Kong workshop for young mathematicians,
    Kyoto University, Japan, 13 February 2008
17. On minimal log discrepancies,
    WAG 07-08 workshop "Higher dimensional minimal model program",
    University of Warwick, UK, 13 December 2007
18. Survey on inversion of adjunction,
    "2007 NCTS mini-course in algebraic geometry",
    National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 5, 10, 11 and 12 July 2007
19. On minimal log discrepancies,
    "Hot topics: minimal and canonical models in algebraic geometry",
    Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, USA, 19 April 2007
20. Progress in the theory of minimal models in higher dimension,
    Special lecture, Mathematical Society of Japan meeting,
    Osaka City University, Japan, 21 September 2006
21. On a comparison of minimal log discrepancies in terms of motivic integration,
    RIMS workshop "Arc spaces and multiplier ideals",
    Kyoto University, Japan, 30 August 2006
22. On a comparison of minimal log discrepancies,
    "Numerical invariants of singularities and higher-dimensional algebraic varieties",
    American Institute of Mathematics, USA, 4 August 2006
23. On inversion of adjunction,
    JAMI conference/workshop "Recent developments in higher dimensional algebraic geometry",
    Johns Hopkins University, USA, 14 March 2006
24. On inversion of adjunction,
    Kyushu University, Japan, 14 February 2006
25. Three-fold divisorial contractions,
    Johns Hopkins University, USA, 3 and 4 May 2005
26. Three-fold divisorial contractions,
    University of Georgia, USA, 20 October 2004
27. Explicit study of three-folds,
    Institute for Advanced Study, USA, 27 September 2004
28. Three-fold divisorial contractions,
    Princeton University, USA, 21 September 2004
29. Proof of general elephant theorem,
    Kyoto University, Japan, 21 May 2004
30. Explicit study of three-folds,
    Kyoto University, Japan, 21 April 2004
31. A remark on minimal logarithmic discrepancies,
    "Higher dimensional algebraic geometry",
    National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 23 March 2004
32. General elephants of three-fold divisorial contractions,
    "Arithmetic and algebraic geometry",
    University of Tokyo, Japan, 22 January 2004
33. Divisorial contractions,
    Special year on algebraic geometry and topology "Minimal models activity",
    Australian National University, Australia, 19 and 28 August 2003
34. Explicit study of three-folds,
    48th algebra symposium,
    Nagoya University, Japan, 5 August 2003
35. Three-fold divisorial contractions,
    Kyoto University, Japan, 13 June 2003
36. Three-fold divisorial contractions,
    University of Tokyo, Japan, 10 June 2003
37. General elephants of three-fold divisorial contractions,
    Kinosaki algebraic geometry symposium, Japan, 24 October 2002
38. General elephants of three-fold divisorial contractions,
    Yatsugatake algebraic geometry seminar, Japan, 17 September 2002
39. Divisorial contractions in dimension three,
    University of Mannheim, Germany, 22 March 2002
40. Seminar on flips: stabilisation,
    "Higher dimensional complex geometry",
    Isaac Newton Institute, UK, 7 March 2002
41. Divisorial extractions from compound Du Val points,
    Euro workshop "Higher dimensional varieties and rational points",
    Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungary, 13 September 2001
42. Divisorial extractions from three-fold Gorenstein points,
    International conference "Monodromy in geometry and differential equations",
    Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russia, 28 June 2001
43. Divisorial extractions from Gorenstain singularities,
    COW seminar, University of Warwick, UK, 14 June 2001
44. What is the Sarkisov program?,
    Calf seminar, University of Cambridge, UK, 10 May 2001
45. Divisorial contractions in dimension three which contract divisors to smooth or compound A1 points,
    Yatsugatake algebraic geometry seminar, Japan, 23 November 2000
46. Divisorial contractions in dimension three which contract divisors to smooth or compound A1 points,
    DMV-seminar "Characteristic classes of connections, Riemann--Roch theorems, analogies with epsilon-factors",
    Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany, 17 November 2000
47. Divisorial contractions in dimension three which contract divisors to smooth or compound A1 points,
    University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy, 10 November 2000
48. Elementary introduction to the minimal model program with emphasis on contractions of three types (fibre spaces, divisorial and small),
    University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy, 8 November 2000
49. Divisorial contractions in dimension three which contract divisors to smooth points,
    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 23 June 2000