Berkeley Model Theory Seminar

Time: Thursdays 11am - Noon, 1pm - 2pm
Place: 959 Evans
Course control number: 55332

Seminar Schedule

Speaker Date Time Topic References
Alf Onshuus 7 September 2000 11am - Noon Introduction to Simple Theories I Byunghan Kim's thesis Simple First Order Theories and his paper Forking in simple unstable theories, JLMS (2) 57 (1998), 257 - 267 are available on Kim's homepage.
Alf Onshuus 7 September 2000 1pm - 2pm Introduction to Simple Theories II
Alf Onshuus 14 September 2000 11am - Noon Introduction to Simple Theories III
Thomas Scanlon 14 September 2000 1pm - 2pm Independence Theorem over Models I B. Kim and A. Pillay, Simple theories, APAL 88 (1997), 149 - 164 is available on Kim's homepage.
Thomas Scanlon 21 September 2000 11am - Noon Independence Theorem over Models II
Clifton Ealy 21 September 2000 1pm - 2pm Independence Theorem for Lascar Strong Types I B. Kim, A survey on canonical bases in simple theories, in Models and Computability is available on Kim's homepage.
Clifton Ealy 28 September 2000 11am - Noon Independence Theorem for Lascar Strong Types II
Clifton Ealy 28 September 2000 1pm - 2pm Independence Theorem for Lascar Strong Types III
Clifton Ealy 5 October 2000 11am - Noon Independence Theorem for Lascar Strong Types IV
Clifton Ealy 5 October 2000 1pm - 2pm Independence Theorem for Lascar Strong Types V
David Lippel 12 October 2000 11am - Noon Hyperimaginaries I
David Lippel 12 October 2000 1pm - 2pm Hyperimaginaries II
David Lippel 26 October 2000 11am - Noon Report on Kim's theorem on homogeneity of modular SU-rank one Lascar strong types.
Assaf Peretz 26 October 2000 1pm - 2pm Report on Casanovas' talk on subclasses of simple theories.
Alf Onshuus 2 November 2000 11am - Noon Simplicity for Homogeneous Models I
Alf Onshuus 2 November 2000 1pm - 2pm Simplicity for Homogeneous Models II
Thomas Scanlon 9 November 2000 11am - Noon Simplicity for Homogeneous Models III
Thomas Scanlon 9 November 2000 1pm - 2pm Simplicity for Homogeneous Models III
Thomas Scanlon 16 November 2000 11am - Noon Henselian fields as stable homogeneous structures
Thomas Scanlon 30 November 2000 11am - 12:30pm Þorny Theories I
Thomas Scanlon 7 December 2000 11am - Noon Þorny Theories II
Thomas Scanlon 7 December 2000 1pm - 2pm Þorny Theories II

We plan to concentrate on simple theories this semester.

Frank Wagner's book Simple Theories is an excellent reference on simple theories.

There was workshop on simple theories at the Fields Institute in Toronto 19 - 22 October 2000.

There will be a Conference on Model Theory and Descriptive Set Theory at Rutgers over the Presidents' Day weekend 16 - 19 February 2001.