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Preface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2015

Christopher D. Hacon
Affiliation:
University of Utah
Mircea Mustaţă
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Mihnea Popa
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Chicago
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The conference “Recent Advances in Algebraic Geometry” was held between May 16 and 19, 2013, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to honor Robert K. Lazarsfeld (known as “Rob” among friends and colleagues) on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The conference honored Rob's outstanding contributions to algebraic geometry and the mathematical community, bringing together a large crowd, including many of his former students, collaborators, colleagues, and friends. It was a happy occasion for many of us who have known Rob and have been touched by his influence as students and peers, or simply as members of the algebraic geometry world.

From a personal point of view, we cannot even begin to discuss Rob's career without mentioning one of its most distinguished aspects, namely the unique influence he has had on the younger generations through teaching and mentoring. His style as a doctoral advisor and as an expositor is famous throughout the algebraic geometry community. He has been the advisor of more than 20 students, has numerous other mathematical descendants, and has mentored successful postdoctoral fellows. Many of these are now established mathematicians helping to expand the boundaries of Rob's mathematical vision. His generosity and ability to generate good problems, and his active support of the careers of his students, have been for many of us some of the most crucial aspects of our mathematical lives.

We highlight a few reference points in Rob's mathematical career. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1975, and his Ph.D. from Brown in 1980, under the direction of William Fulton. He then went back to Harvard as a Benjamin Peirce Assistant Professor until 1983. During the 1981–82 academic year, Rob was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Mathematical Society, which he used to visit the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton while on leave from Harvard. There he met Lawrence Ein, with whom he would later develop a long-lasting collaboration, resulting in over 25 joint papers. In 1983, Rob moved as an Assistant Professor to UCLA, where he became a Professor in 1987.

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Recent Advances in Algebraic Geometry
A Volume in Honor of Rob Lazarsfeld’s 60th Birthday
, pp. xi - xiv
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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  • Preface
  • Edited by Christopher D. Hacon, University of Utah, Mircea Mustaţă, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mihnea Popa, University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Book: Recent Advances in Algebraic Geometry
  • Online publication: 05 January 2015
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107416000.001
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  • Edited by Christopher D. Hacon, University of Utah, Mircea Mustaţă, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mihnea Popa, University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Book: Recent Advances in Algebraic Geometry
  • Online publication: 05 January 2015
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107416000.001
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  • Preface
  • Edited by Christopher D. Hacon, University of Utah, Mircea Mustaţă, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mihnea Popa, University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Book: Recent Advances in Algebraic Geometry
  • Online publication: 05 January 2015
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107416000.001
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