14-27 June 2009
Vienna, Austria
ESI workshop on large cardinals and descriptive set theory
June 14-27 2009
Erwin Schrdinger Institute (ESI), Vienna, Austria
http://www.logic.univie.ac.at/conferences/2009_esi/
Set theory has recently experienced major new developments concerning the
construction of models for large cardinals, combinatorial set theory,
descriptive set theory, generalisations of Martin's axiom, strong absoluten
ess
and the theory of forcing.
Particularly encouraging is the fact that many unusually talented young peo
ple
have recently entered the subject, who have established remarkable results
concerning the Proper Forcing Axiom and its variants, the Singular Cardinal
Hypothesis, subtle properties of stationary sets, and important aspects of
applied set theory, including topological dynamics, Borel equivalence relat
ions
and metric geometry.
Our two-week workshop, which will be open to the set theory community at la
rge,
will focus around two principal themes: Large Cardinals and Descriptive Set
Theory. The workshop is organized by the Erwin Schrdinger Institute (ESI
) and
financed by the ESI and Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
Program Committee:
=09S. Friedman (Universitt Wien, Austria)
=09M. Goldstern (TU Wien, Austria)
=09R. Jensen ( Humboldt-Universitt, Germany)
=09A. Kechris (Caltech, USA)
=09W.H. Woodin (UC Berkeley, USA)
* There is no registration fee, and everybody is welcome to attend the
=09talks.
* If you come from abroad, please inform the KGRC that you would like
=09to attend the workshop.
* The language of all talks is English.
* If you need a certificate of attendance, please contact the
=09administrative office of the ESI during the workshop.