Kummerfourfolds, a generalization of K3 surfaces (and, in some sense, of abelian surfaces), belong to the class of Hyperk¨ahler manifolds, which exhibit rich but intricate geometry. In this talk, we explore the projective duality of certain special Kummer fourfolds and explain how O'Grady's theory of theta groups can be used to derive their equations. This work, carried out in collaboration with Agostini, Beri, and Rios-Ortiz, contributes to a broader framework of classical results involving moduli spaces of sheaves on curves and embeddings of abelian surfaces.[-]

The algebraic delta invariant, a number encoding the K-stability of a Fano variety, is a central theme of this Winter school. In the first lecture, T. Delcroix presents an analytic viewpoint on the delta invariant developped by Kewei Zhang, along with the rough ideas of the variational approach to existence of canonical Kähler metrics. In his second lecture, he extends this to the weighted Kähler setting (joint work with S. Jubert), allowing to deal with Kähler-Ricci solitons and more. [-]

Complex projective structures, or PSL( $2, \mathbb{C})$-opers, play a central role in the theory of uniformization of Riemann surfaces. A very natural generalization of this notion is to consider complex projective structures with ramification points. This gives rise to the notion of branched projective structure, which is much more flexible in many aspects. For example, any representation of a surface group with values in $\operatorname{PSL}(2, \mathbb{C})$ is obtained as the holonomy of a branched projective structure. We will show that one of the central properties of complex projective structures, namely the complex analytic structure of their moduli spaces, extends to the branched case.[-]

The Grothendieck-Knudsen moduli space of stable rational curves n markings is arguably one of the simplest moduli spaces: it is a smooth projective variety that can be described explicitly as a blow-up of projective space, with strata corresponding to nodal curves similar to the torus invariant strata of a toric variety. Conjecturally, its Mori cone of curves is generated by strata, but this is known only for n up to 7. In contrast, the cones of effective divisors are not f initely generated, in all characteristics, when n is at least 10. After a general introduction to these topics, I will discuss what we call elliptic pairs and LangTrotter polygons, relating the question of finite generation of effective cones of blow-ups of certain toric surfaces to the arithmetic of elliptic curves. These lectures are based on joint work with Antonio Laface, Jenia Tevelev and Luca Ugaglia.[-]

The Grothendieck-Knudsen moduli space of stable rational curves n markings is arguably one of the simplest moduli spaces: it is a smooth projective variety that can be described explicitly as a blow-up of projective space, with strata corresponding to nodal curves similar to the torus invariant strata of a toric variety. Conjecturally, its Mori cone of curves is generated by strata, but this is known only for n up to 7. In contrast, the cones of effective divisors are not f initely generated, in all characteristics, when n is at least 10. After a general introduction to these topics, I will discuss what we call elliptic pairs and LangTrotter polygons, relating the question of finite generation of effective cones of blow-ups of certain toric surfaces to the arithmetic of elliptic curves. These lectures are based on joint work with Antonio Laface, Jenia Tevelev and Luca Ugaglia.[-]

The Grothendieck-Knudsen moduli space of stable rational curves n markings is arguably one of the simplest moduli spaces: it is a smooth projective variety that can be described explicitly as a blow-up of projective space, with strata corresponding to nodal curves similar to the torus invariant strata of a toric variety. Conjecturally, its Mori cone of curves is generated by strata, but this is known only for n up to 7. In contrast, the cones of effective divisors are not f initely generated, in all characteristics, when n is at least 10. After a general introduction to these topics, I will discuss what we call elliptic pairs and LangTrotter polygons, relating the question of finite generation of effective cones of blow-ups of certain toric surfaces to the arithmetic of elliptic curves. These lectures are based on joint work with Antonio Laface, Jenia Tevelev and Luca Ugaglia.[-]

The algebraic delta invariant, a number encoding the K-stability of a Fano variety, is a central theme of this Winter school. In the first lecture, T. Delcroix presents an analytic viewpoint on the delta invariant developped by Kewei Zhang, along with the rough ideas of the variational approach to existence of canonical Kähler metrics. In his second lecture, he extends this to the weighted Kähler setting (joint work with S. Jubert), allowing to deal with Kähler-Ricci solitons and more. [-]

Wang et Zhu ont caractérisé l'existence de métriques de Kähler-Einstein sur les variétés toriques Fano en termes du barycentre du polytope associé. L'objectif de cet exposé est de présenter un résultat similaire pour les compactifications $G \times G$-équivariantes Fano d'un groupe réductif $G$. Je présenterai le polytope moment associé à une telle variété et comment le barycentre de ce polytope par rapport à la mesure de Duistermaat-Heckman est lié à l'existence de métriques de Kähler-Einstein. La condition nécessaire et suffisante d'existence de métriques de Kähler-Einstein ainsi obtenue est vérifiable en pratique et donne de nouveaux exemples de variétés de Kähler-Einstein Fano (par exemple la compactification magnifique du groupe semisimple adjoint PSL$(3, \mathbb{C})$).[-]