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SUMMARY:But why the moduli space of curves? - Dr Dhruv Ranganathan
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CONTACT:Gesa Dünnweber
DESCRIPTION:The moduli space of curves has been around at least since Riem
 ann. It is a space that parametrises 1-dimensional complex manifolds\, and
  mathematicians have studied it using topology\, algebra\, geometry\, comb
 inatorics\, and we have even learned things about it from physicists. Stil
 l\, in comparison to what we would like to know about it\, we still know b
 asically nothing. I will try to give you a sense for why these spaces are 
 worth obsessing over\, and a taster for how different areas of mathematics
  have contributed to its study.
LOCATION:CMS Meeting Room 2
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