Appalachian set theory
Appalachian set theory
General description
This new series of workshops on
set theory for the Appalachian region is supported by the National
Science Foundation (NSF 0631446).
There will be three workshops per year, each of which will be devoted
to a single topic such as a broadly applicable method, a complex seminal
paper or a significant unpublished theorem. The location and
topic for each workshop
will be announced several months in advance together with suggested
background reading material. The immediate goal is for faculty
and students who are not experts in the topic to get to the point where
they can start to use its techniques in one or two intensive days.
Each time, an expert in the topic will be invited to lead the workshop,
which could mean doing all the lecturing herself or himself, or
delegating parts to others. Those wishing to attend may apply
to have some of their travel expenses reimbursed.
Students will be hired
to generate notes for the participants, which might also be disseminated
in print or on the web.
Special emphasis will be given to encouraging
the participation of mathematicians from underrepresented groups.
Instructions on how to apply for funds to attend a workshop
Next workshop
May 31, 2008, at Penn State University
Justin Moore : "Set mapping reflection"
Past workshops
February 9, 2008, at Carnegie Mellon University
The fifth workshop, which was led by Ilijas Farah,
was on set theory and operator algebras.
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Lecture notes from this workshop by Ilijas Farah and Eric Wofsey
List of participants in this workshop
November 17, 2007, at Ohio University in Athens OH
The fourth workshop, which was led by Simon Thomas,
was on countable Borel equivalence relations.
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Lecture notes from this workshop by Scott Schneider and Simon Thomas
List of participants in this workshop
June 2, 2007, at the James Madison University in Harrisonburg VA
The third workshop, which was led by Matthew Foreman,
was on generic embeddings.
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List of participants in this workshop
January 27, 2007, at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The second workshop, which was led by
Stevo Todorcevic, was on coherent sequences.
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Lecture notes from this workshop
by Roberto Pichardo Mendoza
List of participants in this workshop
September 9, 2006, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA
The inaugural workshop, which was led by Paul Larson,
was an introduction to Pmax forcing.
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Lecture notes from this workshop by Paul Larson
List of participants in this workshop
Planning committee
Elizabeth Brown,
John Clemens,
James Cummings,
Alan Dow,
Todd Eisworth,
Paul Larson,
Justin Moore and
Ernest Schimmerling