Recent Advances in Algebraic Geometry: A Volume in Honor of Rob Lazarsfeld?s 60th Birthday (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Series Number 417)

Contemporary research in algebraic geometry is the focus of this collection, which presents articles on modern aspects of the subject. The list of topics covered is a roll-call of some of the most important and active themes in this thriving area of mathematics: the reader will find articles on birational geometry, vanishing theorems, complex geometry and Hodge theory, free resolutions and syzygies, derived categories, invariant theory, moduli spaces, and related topics, all written by leading experts. The articles, which have an expository flavour, present an overall picture of current research in algebraic geometry, making this book essential for researchers and graduate students. This volume is the outcome of the conference Recent Advances in Algebraic Geometry, held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to honour Rob Lazarsfeld's many contributions to the subject on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Christopher D. Hacon is a distinguished professor at the University of Utah. He is a recipient of the 2007 Clay Research Award, the 2009 Cole Prize, and the 2011 Antonio Feltrinelli Prize in Mathematics, Mechanics and Applications. He has been a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society since 2012.

Mircea Mustaţă is a professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In addition to being a fellow of the American Mathematical Society since 2012, he was a Clay Research Fellow (2001–4) and a Packard Fellow (2006–11).

Mihnea Popa is a Professor of Mathematics at University of Illinois, Chicago. Starting in 2014, he will hold the same position at Northwestern University. He was a recipient of a Clay Liftoff Fellowship in 2001, an AMS Centennial Fellowship 2005–7, and a Sloan Fellowship 2007–9.