Speaker:
Mutsuo Oka
Title:
On the fundamental group of plane curves and their invariants I and II
Abstract:
I will give slow introductory talk in two parts about fundamental
groups. In the first part, I will explain basic concept like the Zariski-van Kampen
theorem, the Alexander polynomial, the Milnor fiber and Zariski pairs.
In the second part, I shall speak about dual curves and their geometry.
Also I shall discuss the covering transformation.
