4 Sep 2013
Gent, Belgium
Dear colleagues, the rector of Ghent University will award an institutional honorary doctorate to Prof. Dr. Harvey M. Friedman on September 4th, 2013 at Het Pand, Onderbergen 1, Ghent, Belgium. On this occasion Friedman will give a general audience talk on September 4th starting at 15:00 and a bit later a talk on electronic performance. In the morning of September 5th there will be two lectures by Friedman on his recent achievements on the foundations of mathematics. In the afternoon there will be four invited lectures by Albert Visser, Ulrich Kohlenbach, Matthias Baaz and Ali Enayat and additional short lectures highlighting some selected bits of Friedman's research. On September 4 and 5 Friedman will give piano recitals The (currently provisional) website of the event is located at http://cage.ugent.be/programFriedman/index.html Participants are welcome! There is no fee involved. (But participants of the lunch on September 5th are expected to pay a fee of EUR 20. A hyperlink regarding payment details will be provided within some days.) Best wishes Andreas Weiermann