Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
5 votes
2 answers
241 views

References for orbifold curves

I am looking for a good reference (if there is any) for the theory of orbifold curves from the perspective of stacks. By an orbifold curve I mean something like a $1$-dimensional irreducible Deligne-...
Alekos Robotis's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
655 views

In what sense is an orbifold a DM stack?

My advisor mentioned in passing that orbifolds are Deligne-Mumford stacks, and I'd like to know in which sense this is true. The only reference I can find is this article (https://arxiv.org/abs/0806....
EJAS's user avatar
  • 191
13 votes
1 answer
3k views

What is the intuition behind the inertia orbifold (or stack)?

I am studying orbifolds with view towards Chen-Ruan cohomology. I have been struggling with inertia orbifolds but have no intuition about them at this point. I would appreciate your motivating me by ...
Kim's user avatar
  • 427