Zariski Geometries working seminar

Peter Sinclair, Pure Mathematics Department, University of Waterloo

"Universal Specializations and Elementary Extensions"

Abstract: We will begin this talk by introducing universal
specializations (section 2.2.1 in Zilber), which are specializations
that behave very nicely when extended further. We will then discuss
irreducible coverings (section 3.5.2), and begin to show that an
elementary extension of a Zariski structure can be viewed as a Zariski
structure itself in a canonical way (section 3.5.3).