Model Theory and Exponentiation
Time and place
1 PM on Thursday, October 2nd, 2014; NAC 6/113
David Marker (University of Illinois, Chicago)
Abstract
Methods from mathematical logic have proved surprisingly useful in understanding the geometry and topology of sets definable in the real field with exponentiation. When looking at the complex exponential field, the definability of the integers is a seemingly insurmountable impediment, but a novel approach due to Zilber leads to a large number of interesting new questions.
