Shoemaker Lecture Series with Dr. Christopher Halcon, "Symmetries of Algebraic Varieties"

Lecture II of the Fall 2026 Shoemaker Lecture Series, featuring renowned mathematician Dr. Christopher Hacon of the University of Utah. Hacon is a leading expert in algebraic geometry, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He also shared the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for his contributions to birational algebraic geometry. Abstract: Hurwitz's automorphism theorem says that any compact Riemann surface of genus g ≥ 2 has at most 84(g − 1) automorphisms. In this talk we will discuss the generalization of this result to higher-dimensional algebraic varieties of general type. Visitor parking on campus requires payment through the ParkMobile app , a parking meter or a daily permit via ParkUToledo. Visit the ParkUToledo website for more information.