Kevin Hare, Pure Math Department, University of Waterloo
“Beta representations and Pisot numbers”
Ian Payne, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
"A result on constraint satisfaction problems"
Christopher Hawthorne, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
We will work through chapter 7 of Tent and Ziegler. We will develop the notions of forking and dividing as measures of how strongly a set depends on a set of parameters. We will then introduce simple theories, an important generalization of stable theories.
Jimmy He, Pure Math Department, University of Waterloo
“Smoothness of convolution products of orbital measures on rank one compact symmetric spaces”
Henry Liu, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
“Quantizing the String”
Ifaz Kabir, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
“Finite model theory seminar”
We will begin going through Flum and Ebbinghaus’ Finite Model Theory.
MC 5403
Wlodek Bryc, University of Cincinnati
“Normal distribution: Some characterization problems in Statistics”
Christopher Schafhauser, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
“Goldie’s Theorem on semiprime rings”
Spiro Karigiannis, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
“Weyl curvature, conformal geometry, and uniformization: Part I”
Christopher Hawthorne, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
“Model theory learning seminar”
We will prove some basic properties of dividing and forking.
MC 5023A