Speaker:
Prof. E. Gasparim
Institution:
NMSU
Time:
Friday, December 12, 2003 - 2:00pm
Location:
MSTB 254
I will explain the statement of the Atiyah--Jones conjecture and show that if the conjecture holds for a surface X, then it also holds for the blow-up of X at a point. As a corollary, I will show that the conjecture holds true for all rational surfaces.