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Abstract |
The theory of Bridgeland stability conditions has seen important developments in the past few
years. Emerging from the mathematical physics literature, in particular in Douglas' work, it now
connects to different branches in mathematics including symplectic geometry and
representation theory. In this talk we will give a quick introduction to the basic theory of
stability conditions for the
derived category of coherent sheaves on a smooth projective variety, focusing on the recent
advances in the threefold case; in particular, on the existence result for the quintic Calabi-Yau
threefold. |
