Matrix Points on Varieties

Instructor:Yifan Wei (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
Schedule:Oct. 30, 2025 (Thursday) 2:00-3:00 pm
Venue:Shuangqing C548
Date:2025-10-30

Abstract:

We study the cohomology of the moduli space Cn(X) of matrix points on a variety X, which we think of as non-commutative Weil restriction from the algebra of n-by-n matrices to the ground field. To achieve this, we constructed a more combinatorial space Sn(X), which is birationally isomorphic to Cn(X). Via a crucial application of base change for good moduli morphisms, we show that these two spaces have the same cohomology, and derive a nice combinatorial formula for the cohomology of Cn(X), validating the Weil restriction heuristic.


组织者:郑志伟教授