A compactification of the space of maps from curves -- Bumsig Kim, April 11, 2008

We will present a new compactification of the moduli space of maps from pointed nonsingular complex projective stable curves to a nonsingular complex projective variety with prescribed ramification indices at the points. It will be explained that the compactification is a proper DM-stack equipped with a natural virtual fundamental class. This is joint work with A. Kresch and Y.-G. Oh.