Topics in orbifold geometry and Gorenstein homogeneous spaces

I study two problems from different domains. The first problem is related to orbifold geometry and the second to Gorenstein homogeneous spaces. Though two different topics, they share a common theme: the Gorenstein property. The first half of the thesis is related to the McKay correspondence. In par...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayat, Umar
Published: University of Warwick 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.570571