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We provide a brief introduction to Geometric Invariant Theory. Specifically, we discuss some foundational concepts and results and illustrate the general theory by way of examples.
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The author was financially supported by an AARMS postdoctoral fellowship at the University of New Brunswick. The author also thanks the organizers of the PIMS Superschool on derived categories and D-branes for asking him to give an introductory lecture about GIT and also for suggesting a possible list of topics to cover.
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Grieve, N. (2018). A Brief Introduction to Geometric Invariant Theory. In: Ballard, M., Doran, C., Favero, D., Sharpe, E. (eds) Superschool on Derived Categories and D-branes. SDCD 2016. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 240. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91626-2_6
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