16 Jan 2021
Formalize!(?) - A philosophical & educational perspective on formalization in mathematics Saturday - January 16, 2021 Zoom meeting To celebrate the World Logic Day 2021 (which is actually two days earlier) https://sites.google.com/view/wldzurich2021/startseite Call for registration: We are organizing a one-day online workshop to commemorate the World Logic Day, on the topic of formalization in mathematics. Registration is free of charge and everybody is welcome to attend. For further information, please check the following link: https://sites.google.com/view/wldzurich2021/startseite For registration, please use the following link: https://ethz.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElfu2vqzwsHNLvfdhtF8ZIGA51yOn6rMV_ This event is part of the celebration of world logic day. If you would like to contribute an event as well, please see http://wld.cipsh.international/organise_event.html for further information. == Speakers: 1. Kevin Buzzard (Imperial College London) 2. Paola Iannone (Loughborough University) 3. Peter Koepke (University of Bonn) 4. Anna Steensen (ETH Zurich) 5. Fenner Stanley Tanswell (Loughborough University) 6. Athina Thoma (University of East Anglia) 7. TBA == Topic: What are the chances and problems of the act of formalization in the context of mathematics? It is often said, that all of mathematics can be reduced to first-order logic and set theory. The derivation indicator view says that all proofs stand in some relation to a derivation, i.e. a mechanically checkable syntactical objects following fixed rules, that would not have any gaps. For a long time this was a mere hope. There may have been proofs of concepts from early logicists but derivation never played a big role in mathematical practice. The modern computer might change this. Interactive and automated theorem provers promise to make the construction of a justification without any gaps feasible for complex mathematics. Is this promise justified? Will the future of mathematical practice shift to more formal mathematics? Should it? We hope to illuminate such questions and focus especially on what these developments mean for the future of the curriculum of university students. This event features speakers speaking about both concrete projects and reflections on such endeavours in general. == Registration: The number of participants is limited and registrations will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Therefore please register as soon as possible. There are no costs associated with registration. To receive the zoom link, please see here for further information: https://sites.google.com/view/wldzurich2021/startseite == Contact: Web: https://sites.google.com/view/wldzurich2021/startseite Mail: jose.perez (at) gess.ethz.ch == Organizers: José Antonio Pérez Escobar (ETH Zurich) & Deniz Sarikaya (University of Hamburg) -- [LOGIC] mailing list http://www.dvmlg.de/mailingliste.html Archive: http://www.illc.uva.nl/LogicList/ provided by a collaboration of the DVMLG, the Maths Departments in Bonn and Hamburg, and the ILLC at the Universiteit van Amsterdam