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1. Descriptive Set Theory - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
In mathematical logic, Descriptive set theory is the study of certain classes of wellbehaved sets of real numbers, e.g. Borel sets, analytic sets,
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Jump to: navigation search In mathematical logic descriptive set theory is the study of certain classes of " well-behaved sets of real numbers , e.g. Borel sets analytic sets , and projective sets . A major aim of descriptive set theory is to describe all of the "naturally occurring" sets of real numbers by using various constructions to build a strict hierarchy beginning with the open sets generated by the open intervals More generally, Polish spaces are studied in descriptive set theory; as it turns out, every Polish space is homeomorphic to a subspace of the Hilbert cube Many questions in descriptive set theory ultimately depend upon set-theoretic considerations and the properties of ordinal and cardinal numbers
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• Kechris, Alexander S. (1994). Classical Descriptive Set Theory . Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-94374-9 Moschovakis, Yiannis N. (1980). Descriptive Set Theory . North Holland. ISBN 0-444-70199-0

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2. Math 512 Descriptive Set Theory
In Descriptive set theory we try to avoid these pathologies by concentrating on natural classes of wellbehaved sets of reals, like Borel sets or projective
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It is well know that when one studies arbitrary subsets of the real numbers one runs into many pathologies (non-measurable sets) and independent problems (the Continuum Hypothesis). In Descriptive Set Theory we try to avoid these pathologies by concentrating on natural classes of well-behaved sets of reals, like Borel sets or projective sets (the smallest class of sets containing Borel sets and closed under projections from higher dimenional spaces). While this is a restricted class of sets it includes most of the sets that arise naturally in mathematical practice. Lately there have been many intersting connections with dynamical systems, through the study of orbit equivalence relations.
The first half of the course will be devoted to developing the fundamental results and techniques of descriptive set theory. In the second half we will look at more recent developments. The exact topics covered will depend on the background and interest of the class.

3. Set Theory (Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy)
Descriptive set theory traces its origins to the theory of integration by Henri Lebesgue The branch of Descriptive set theory known as Determinateness,
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##### 1. The Essence of Set Theory
The objects of study of Set Theory are sets . As sets are fundamental objects that can be used to define all other concepts in mathematics, they are not defined in terms of more fundamental concepts. Rather, sets are introduced either informally, and are understood as something self-evident, or, as is now standard in modern mathematics, axiomatically, and their properties are postulated by the appropriate formal axioms. The language of set theory is based on a single fundamental relation, called membership . We say that A is a member of B (in symbols A B ), or that the set B contains A as its element. The understanding is that a set is determined by its elements; in other words, two sets are deemed equal if they have exactly the same elements. In practice, one considers sets of numbers, sets of points, sets of functions, sets of some other sets and so on. In theory, it is not necessary to distinguish between objects that are members and objects that contain members the only objects one needs for the theory are sets. See the supplement Basic Set Theory for further discussion.

4. CLASSICAL DESCRIPTIVE SET THEORY
Descriptive set theory is one of the main and most active areas of research in presentday set theory, having strong connections both with topology and with
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Descriptive set theory is one of the main and most active areas of research in present-day set theory, having strong connections both with topology and with mathematical logic (in particular, recursion theory), as well as applications in areas as distinct as combinatorics, functional analysis, group theory etc... The subject of descriptive set theory is the structural investigation of definable (= easily describable) subsets of the real numbers and, more generally, of Polish (= separable completely metrizable) spaces. For example, from the topological point of view, the simplest sets of reals are the open sets and the closed sets. Next come the G (delta) sets (= countable intersections of open sets) and the F (sigma) sets (= countable unions of closed sets). Continuing this way, one builds up the family of Borel sets. Sets which are obtained as continuous images of Borel sets are called analytic, while their complements are coanalytic. Continuing with taking continuous images and complements, one constructs the

5. Fields Institute - Workshop On Descriptive Set Theory, Analysis And Dynamical Sy
Descriptive set theory is the study of definable sets and functions in Polish (complete separable metric) spaces. During the last few decades,
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Descriptive set theory is the study of definable sets and functions in Polish (complete separable metric) spaces. During the last few decades, intriguing connections have been discovered between descriptive set theory and other fields of mathematics, such as classical real analysis, probability theory, potential theory, harmonic analysis, Banach space theory, and ergodic theory.
More recently, a very promising new area, that is now very actively investigated, deals with the development of a theory of complexity of classification problems in mathematics, and the closely related theory of descriptive dynamics, i.e., the theory of definable actions of Polish groups on Polish spaces. A classification problem is in general the question of cataloging a class of mathematical objects up to some notion of equivalence by invariants.
This work brings descriptive set theory into contact with current developments in various areas of mathematics such as dynamical systems, including ergodic theory and topological dynamics, the theory of topological groups and their representations, operator algebras, geometric and combinatorial group theory, etc. Moreover, it provides new insights in the traditional relationships of descriptive set theory with other areas of mathematical logic, as, for example, with recursion theory, concerning the global structure of Turing degrees or with model theory, through the Topological Vaught Conjecture and the general study of the isomorphism relation on countable structures. This subject is now developing very rapidly but many fundamental questions still remain unanswered.

6. HAL :: [hal-00175696, Version 1] Omega-powers And Descriptive Set Theory
We study the sets of the infinite sentences constructible with a dictionary over a finite alphabet, from the viewpoint of Descriptive set theory.
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7. The Future Of Set Theory By S.Shelah
This naturally improves my view of parts of Descriptive set theory; as do the works on the number of equivalence classes (HrSh 152, Sh 202,) and on
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##### Abstract:
Judah has asked me to speak on the future of set theory, so as the next millennium is coming, to speak on set theory in the next millennium. But we soon cut this down to set theory in the next century. Later on I thought I had better cut it down to dealing with the next decade, but I suspect I will speak on what I hope to try to prove next year, or worse - what I have done in the last year (or twenty). It seems I am not particularly suitable for such a lecture, as I have repeatedly preferred to try to prove another theorem than to prepare the lecture (or article); so why did I agree at all to such a doubtful endeavor? Well, under the hypothesis that I had some moral obligation to help Haim in the conference (and the proceedings) and you should not let a friend down, had I been given the choice to help with organizing the dormitories, writing a lengthy well written expository paper or risking making fool of myself in such a lecture, I definitely prefer the latter.
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8. Descriptive Set Theory -- From Wolfram MathWorld
Becker, H. and Kechris, A. S. The Descriptive set theory of Polish Group Actions. New York Cambridge University Press, 1996. CITE THIS AS
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9. BRICS Mini-Course: A Taster Of Descriptive Set Theory
Descriptive set theory came into being around the turn of the (last!) century, as a means of analysing the difficulty of sets of real numbers,
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Descriptive set theory came into being around the turn of the (last!) century, as a means of analysing the difficulty'' of sets of real numbers, of the kind encountered in analysis. It is so called because it uses the logical description of a set as a measure of complexity. A few decades later, when recursion theory had been invented, similar ideas were used to describe sets of integers: the stuff of computation. It turned out that this effective'' descriptive theory and the older classical descriptive set theory are best seen as one subject; the combination brought great advances in both. The basic terminology of effective descriptive set theory pops up quite often in theoretical computer science: Pi -complete, for example. The classical notions are also seen, particularly when talking about timed systems and other things involving the reals. It is therefore often useful to have a nodding acquaintance with the terms and concepts of descriptive set theory. Furthermore, there are occasions when results of descriptive set theory have been used to surprising effect in TCS problems. However, it is also the case that descriptive set theory is a fascinating and beautiful subject, with surprising links to deep foundational issues in mathematics.

10. Descriptive Set Theory - Elsevier
Now available in paperback, this monograph is a selfcontained exposition of the main results and methods of Descriptive set theory.
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 Home Site map Elsevier websites Alerts ... Descriptive Set Theory Book information Product description Author information and services Ordering information Bibliographic and ordering information Conditions of sale Book-related information Submit your book proposal Other books in same subject area About Elsevier Select your view DESCRIPTIVE SET THEORY By Y.N. Moschovakis Included in series Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics, 100 Description Now available in paperback, this monograph is a self-contained exposition of the main results and methods of descriptive set theory. It develops all the necessary background material from logic and recursion theory, and treats both classical descriptive set theory and the effective theory developed by logicians. Contents The Basic Classical Notions. ÃÂº-Suslin and ÃÂ»-Borel. Basic Notions of the Effective Theory. Structure Theory for Pointclasses. The Constructible Universe. The Playful Universe. The Recursion Theorem. Metamathematics. References. Index. Paperback, ISBN: 0-444-70199-0, xii + 638 pages, publication date: 1980 Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND Books and book related electronic products are priced in US dollars (USD), euro (EUR), and Great Britain Pounds (GBP). USD prices apply to the Americas and Asia Pacific. EUR prices apply in Europe and the Middle East. GBP prices apply to the UK and all other countries.

 11. Analytic Sets In Descriptive Set Theory And NP Sets In Complexity Theory 20 20 C.Sureson, Descriptive set theory and Boolean Complexity theory , C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris, t.326 SÃ©rie I, 1998, pages 255260.http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=590140

 12. The Descriptive Set Theory Of Polish Group Actions - Cambridge University Press Descriptive set theory; 1. Polish groups; 2. Actions of polish groups; 3. Equivalence relations; 4. Invariant measures and paradoxical decompositions; 5.http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521576055

 13. On Some Classical Problems Of Descriptive Set Theory On some classical problems of Descriptive set theory. Vladimir Grigor evich Kanovei, Vasilii Aleksandrovich Lyubetskii Russian Mathematical Surveys 5855,http://www.turpion.org/php/paper.phtml?journal_id=rm&paper_id=666

14. 03E: Set Theory
Descriptive set theory deals with the topological and measuretheoretic properties of the real line and related spaces. That is, beginning with the
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Naive set theory considers elementary properties of the union and intersection operators Venn diagrams, the DeMorgan laws, elementary counting techniques such as the inclusion-exclusion principle, partially ordered sets, and so on. This is perhaps as much of set theory as the typical mathematician uses. Indeed, one may "construct" the natural numbers, real numbers, and so on in this framework. However, situations such as Russell's paradox show that some care must be taken to define what, precisely, is a set. However, results in mathematical logic imply it is impossible to determine whether or not these axioms are consistent using only proofs expressed in this language. Assuming they are indeed consistent, there are also statements whose truth or falsity cannot be determined from them. These statements (or their negations!) can be taken as axioms for set theory as well. For example, Cohen's technique of forcing showed that the Axiom of Choice is independent of the other axioms of ZF. (That axiom states that for every collection of nonempty sets, there is a set containing one element from each set in the collection.) This axiom is equivalent to a number of other statements (e.g. Zorn's Lemma) whose assumption allows the proof of surprising even paradoxical results such as the Banach-Tarski sphere decomposition. Thus, some authors are careful to distinguish results which depend on this or other non-ZF axioms; most assume it (that is, they work in ZFC Set Theory).

15. Ki, Haseo (1995-03-15) Topics In Descriptive Set Theory Related To Number Theory
Based on the point of view of Descriptive set theory, we have investigated several definable sets from number theory and analysis.
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Date of Defense Availability restricted Abstract NOTE: Text or symbols not renderable in plain ASCII are indicated by [...]. Abstract is included in .pdf document. Based on the point of view of descriptive set theory, we have investigated several definable sets from number theory and analysis. In Chapter 1 we solve two problems due to Kechris about sets arising in number theory, provide an example of a somewhat natural [...] set, and exhibit an exact relationship between the Borel class of a nonempty subset X of the unit interval and the class of subsets of N whose densities lie in X. In Chapter 2 we study the A, S, T and U-sets from Mahler's classification of complex numbers. We are able to prove that U and T are [...]-complete and [...]-complete respectively. In particular, U provides a rare example of a natural [...]-complete set.

 16. JSTOR New Directions In Descriptive Set Theory June 1999 NEW DIRECTIONS IN Descriptive set theory ALEXANDER S. KECHRIS 1. I will start with a quick definition of Descriptive set theory It is the studyhttp://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1079-8986(199906)5:2<161:NDIDST>2.0.CO;2-T

 17. UIUC Dept. Of Mathematics Seminar Calendar for Model theory and Descriptive set theory Seminar events the year of Friday, December 7, 2007. 1 day, 2 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 2 months, 3 monthshttp://torus.math.uiuc.edu/cal/math/cal?year=2007&month=12&day=07&interval=year&

18. IngentaConnect Topics In Invariant Descriptive Set Theory
The two concepts are elementary embeddability, from model theory, and analytic sets, from the usual Descriptive set theory.
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21. Atlas: Applications Of Descriptive Set Theory To Cardinal Invariants By Jindrich
I will give a brief overview of the connection between Descriptive set theory and definable proper forcing and cardinal invariants, including the
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 Atlas home Conferences Abstracts about Atlas Boise Extravaganza in Set Theory March 28-30, 2003 Boise State University Boise, ID, USA Organizers Tomek Bartoszynski, Justin Moore View Abstracts Conference Homepage Applications of descriptive set theory to cardinal invariants by Jindrich Zapletal University of Florida I will give a brief overview of the connection between descriptive set theory and definable proper forcing and cardinal invariants, including the absoluteness theorems for Ciesielski-Pawlikowski type axioms, duality theorems, elimination of large cardinal assumptions using effective descriptive set theory, and some new examples of interesting forcing notions with non-set-theoretic motivation. I will present a new powerful preservation theorem for countable support iteration with descriptive set theoretic statement and proof. Date received: January 14, 2003 Atlas Conferences Inc. Document # cakf-02.

22. Descriptive Set Theory And Determinacy, Spring 2007
We cover chapters 11 and 33 of Jech s book set theory. Tapio Eerola will give the first set of lectures on chapter 11 and J.Kennedy will give the second
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23. Springer Online Reference Works
Descriptive set theory was created in the early 20th century by the studies of . An important stage in the development of Descriptive set theory was the
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 Encyclopaedia of Mathematics D Article referred from Article refers to Descriptive set theory The branch of set theory whose subject is the study of sets in dependence of those operations by which these sets may be constructed from relatively simple sets (e.g. closed or open subsets of a given Euclidean, metric or topological space). These operations include union, intersection, taking a complement or projection, etc. Descriptive set theory was created in the early 20th century by the studies of E. Borel R. Baire and H. Lebesgue in connection with the measurability of sets. Borel-measurable sets received the name of Borel sets or -sets (cf. Borel set ). On the other hand, Baire proposed a classification of functions, in so-called Baire function classes, and proved a number of theorems concerning these functions (cf. Baire classes Baire theorem ). Lebesgue showed that -sets are identical to Lebesgue sets of Baire functions (cf. Lebesgue set ), gave the first classification of -sets and showed that none of its classes was empty. The study of -sets became an important task of descriptive set theory, and the first such problem was the cardinality of

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26. Book Classical Descriptive Set Theory (graduate Texts In Mathematics, Vol 156),
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27. Dual Easy Uniformization And Model-Theoretic Descriptive Set Theory
It is well known that, in the terminology of Moschovakis, Descriptive set theory (1980), every adequate normed pointclass closed under $\forall^\omega$ has
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28. ScienceDirect - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals : Quantum Gravity From Descriptive Se
In Descriptive set theory and the theory of polish spaces it is shown that 5. Definition 1. . ( ) theory and Descriptive set theory. This relation is
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29. Mathematical Logic Research - UC Berkeley Mathematics
John R. Steel, set theory, Descriptive set theory, fine structure. W. Hugh Woodin, set theory, large cardinals, mathematical logic.
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We have a large active group of researchers in several core areas of mathematical logic; including model theory, recursion theory and set theory. A number of members of the logic group belong to the Group in Logic and Methodology of Science, which runs a bi-weekly colloquium and has its own graduate students.
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30. 1st European Set Theory Meeting In Będlewo, July 9 - 13, 2007
Descriptive set theory We intend to cover recent exciting progres on classification problems and definable equivalence relations, the work of Kechris,
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Organized by B. Loewe G. Plebanek J. Vaananen B. Velickovic Set theory grew out of mathematical analysis through Georg Cantor 's work on sets of uniquness of trigonometric series in the late 19 th century. Over the last century it has developed into a vibrant and important subject of its own. On one hand it deals with questions of deep foundational impotance, such as the choice of axioms for mathematics and the questions of relative consistency of mathematical theories. On the other hand, techniques of combinatorial set theory can be applied successfully in a number of different areas of mathematics such as: general topology, measure theory, Banach space theory, abstract algebra, while descriptive set theory is applied in ergodic theory, dinamical systems, group representation theory, etc.
In the early days of set theory most of the advances were made in Europe. In particular, Polish mathematicians such as Sierpinski Kuratowski Mostowski and others played a key role in the early development of the subject. Among other things, they created the journal

31. CiNii - Some Results In The Effective Descriptive Set Theory : Dedicated To Prof
Some results in the effective Descriptive set theory Dedicated to Professor Motokiti Kondo on his sixtieth birthday anniversary
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Mathematics Bonn -- Peter Koepke Descriptive set theory and infinitary games representation of sets of reals by systems of models of set theory, an alternative proof of the MartinSteel http://www.mathematics.uni-bonn.de/faculty/Koepke/ Uni Bonn Mathematics Faculty studying at bonn ... contact * May 31, 1954 projects lectures seminars phd students ... homepage ##### Peter Koepke Mathematical Institute ##### Academic career Diplom, Bonn University Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley PhD, Freiburg University Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, England C1 assistant, Habilitation, Freiburg University C3 professor, Bonn University ##### Invited lectures Logic in Hungary, Budapest, 2005 Geometric Topology, Discrete Geometry and Set Theory (Keldysh Centennial), Moscow, 2004 8th International Set Theory Workshop, Luminy, 2003 New York City Logic Conference, New York, 2002 ##### Editorship Mathematical Logic Quarterly Research projects and activities Determinacy axioms, infinitary combinatorics and their interactions (DFG project 2003-2006) ##### Research profile Axiomatic set theory: determination of consistency strengths of infinitary combinatorial principles, using forcing and core models [ ]; characterizations of large cardinal axioms by embeddings of models of set theory [ 38. Descriptive Set Theory - Indopedia, The Indological Knowledgebase In mathematics, Descriptive set theory is the study of certain classes of wellbehaved sets of real numbers, eg Borel sets, analytic sets, and projective http://www.indopedia.org/Descriptive_set_theory.html Indopedia Main Page FORUM Help ... Log in The Indology CMS Categories Set theory Printable version Wikipedia Article ##### Descriptive set theory Ã Â¤ÂÃ Â¥ÂÃ Â¤ÂÃ Â¤Â¾Ã Â¤Â¨Ã Â¤ÂÃ Â¥ÂÃ Â¤Â¶: - The Indological Knowledgebase In mathematics descriptive set theory is the study of certain classes of " well-behaved sets of real numbers , e.g. Borel sets analytic sets , and projective sets . A major aim of descriptive set theory is to describe all of the "naturally occurring" sets of real numbers by using various constructions to build a strict hierarchy beginning with the open sets generated by the open intervals More generally, Polish spaces are studied in descriptive set theory; as it turns out, every Polish space is homeomorphic to a subspace of the Hilbert cube Many questions in descriptive set theory ultimately depend upon set-theoretic considerations and the properties of ordinal and cardinal numbers edit ##### References • A. Kechris, Classical Descriptive Set Theory, GTM 156, Springer-Verlag, 1995. Y. Moschovakis, Descriptive Set Theory, North-Holland, 1980. Retrieved from " http://www.indopedia.org/Descriptive_set_theory.html 39. CiteULike: Tag Descriptive-set-theory [6 Articles] posted to Descriptiveset-theory by dmitri83 on 2006-10-11 152249 as. 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(November 2006), pp. 70-78. • 40. [FOM] Polish Spaces And Descriptive Set Theory Original Message From Jan Pax pax0 at seznam.cz Can someone please give me the reason why in Descriptive set theory we prefer to work with http://cs.nyu.edu/pipermail/fom/2007-September/011904.html ##### [FOM] Polish spaces and descriptive set theory joeshipman@aol.com joeshipman at aol.com Fri Sep 7 16:23:45 EDT 2007 pax0 at seznam.cz > Can someone please give me the reason why in descriptive set theory we prefer to work with perfect Polish spaces (i.e. toplogical spaces homeomorphic to a complete separable metric space without isolated points) like Baire space w^w, instead of the more intuitive real line? The real line is also a complete separable metric space without isolated points, but it has properties which, while useful for analysis, are irrelevant for measure theory and logic. Baire space has the property that it is homeomorphic to its own square, which greatly simplifies the study of the kinds of phenomena descriptive set theorists care about (while collapsing and trivializing phemomena like "dimension" which they don't care so much about). JS Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com 41. 80-611 Computability And Incompleteness Instructor Jeremy Avigad Descriptive set......21624 Topics in analysis classical Descriptive set theory Instructor Ernest Schimmerling MW 330-450 PH 126A 12 Units http://logic.cmu.edu/pal-courses-s07.txt  80-611 Computability and Incompleteness Instructor: Jeremy Avigad Units: 12 TR 10:30AM - 11:50AM BH A51 Description: The 1930's witnessed two revolutionary developments in mathematical logic: first, Goedel's famous incompleteness theorems, which demonstrate the limitations of formal mathematical reasoning, and second, the formal analysis of the notion of computation in the work of Turing, Goedel, Herbrand, Church, Post, Kleene, and others, together with Turing's results on the limits of computation. This course will cover these developments, and related results in logic and the theory of computability. 80-315/80-615 Modal Logic Instructor Horacio ArlÂ³-Costa Units: 9-12 Units TR: 03:00PM-04:20PM, BH 150 Description: An introduction to first-order modal logic. The course considers several modalities aside from the so-called alethic ones (necessity, possibility). Epistemic, temporal or deontic modalities are studied, as well as computationally motivated modals (like "after the computation terminates"). Several conceptual problems in formal ontology that motivated the field are reviewed, as well as more recent applications in computer science and linguistics. Special attention is devoted to Scott-Montague models of the so-called 'classical' modalities. Incompleteness results are reviewed and a general completeness result for all classical systems is presented in terms of first order general neighborhood frames. 21-624 Topics in analysis: classical descriptive set theory Instructor: Ernest Schimmerling MW 3:30-4:50 PH 126A 12 Units Description: Descriptive set theory combines analysis and logic. The required background is undergraduate level analysis, logic and set theory. The recommended textbook is Kechris, "Classical Descriptive Set Theory", Graduate Texts in Mathematics 156, Springer-Verlag. Another useful book is Moschovakis, "Descriptive Set Theory" (out of print). I posted a very general course description online at http://www.math.cmu.edu/~eschimme/21-624/syllabus.pdf The topics that will be covered include: Polish spaces (Baire space, Cantor space, etc.); classical definability hierarchies (Borel Hierarchy, Projective Hierarchy); effective definability hierarchies; the Wadge hierarchy; complete sets, universal sets; separation; reduction; uniformization; prewellordering; scales; perfect sets; Baire measurability; Lebesgue measurability; Suslin operation; substitution property; basis theorems; tree representations; proofs of determinacy (Borel determinacy); applications of determinacy; definable winning strategies; theorems on the boundedness of norms; theorems on the ranks of wellfounded relations (Kunen-Martin); admissible ordinals; stable ordinals 21-700 Mathematical Logic II Instructor: Peter Andrews MWF 12:30 PH 225B 12 units DESCRIPTION: This course is open to, and suitable for, students who have had an introductory logic course such as 21-300 Basic Logic, 21-600 Mathematical Logic I, or 80-310 Logic and Computation. After one has learned the basics of logic from such a course, it is natural to consider formal systems in which one can formalize mathematics and other disciplines. This requires the ability to quantify over variables for predicates, sets and functions as well as individuals; indeed, one needs to be able to discuss sets of sets, sets of sets of sets, etc., as well as functions whose arguments and values can be functions and sets of various types. Such a system, called type theory, was developed by the eminent philosopher Bertrand Russell, who used it as the logical basis for the great three-volume work Principia Mathematica (written jointly with Alfred North Whitehead), which provided substantial support for Russell's then novel thesis that all of mathematics is a branch of logic. 21-700 provides an introduction to a version of type theory due to Alonzo Church which contains lambda-notation for functions; it is both an enhancement and a simplification of Russell's type theory. Type theory is also known as higher-order logic, since it incorporates not only first-order logic, but also second-order logic, third-order logic, etc. The notation of this version of type theory is actually very close to that of traditional mathematics, and it has been found to be a good language for use in automated theorem proving systems which prove theorems of mathematics involving sets and functions. Another important application of type theory is in the formal specification and verification of hardware and software systems. Familiarity with Church's type theory provides fundamental background for the study of denotational semantics for functional programming languages. 21-700 starts with a general treatment of the syntax and semantics of type theory. Students use the computer program ETPS (Educational Theorem Proving System) as an aid in constructing certain formal proofs. Skolem's paradox about countable models for formalizations of set theory in which one can prove the existence of uncountable sets is resolved with the aid of the important distinction between standard and nonstandard models. It is shown that theories which have infinite models must have nonstandard models. Henkin's Completeness Theorem is proved. Attention then turns to showing how certain fundamental concepts of mathematics can be formalized in type theory. It is shown how cardinal numbers and the set of natural numbers can be defined, and Peano's Postulates are derived from an Axiom of Infinity. It is shown how recursive functions can be represented very elegantly in type theory. The last part of the course concerns the fundamental limitations of any system in which mathematics can be formalized. The famous incompleteness, undecidability and undefinability results of Godel and Tarski are presented, along with Lob's Theorem about the sentence which says "I am provable". 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Wiki Tree (descriptive Set Theory) In Descriptive set theory, a tree on a set math X /math is a set of finite sequences of elements of math X /math that is closed under subsequences. http://wapedia.mobi/en/Tree_(descriptive_set_theory)  Wiki: Tree (descriptive set theory) Auto insurance- free quote now (Ad) In descriptive set theory , a tree then In particular, every nonempty tree contains the empty sequence. A branch body A tree that has no branches is called wellfounded ; a tree with at least one branch is illfounded Home Licensing Wapedia: For Wikipedia on mobile phones 45. Set Theory Papers Of Andreas R. Blass Baer Meets Baire Applications of Category Arguments and Descriptive set theory to Z^{aleph_0}, joint with John Irwin (Abelian Groups and Modules (ed. http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~ablass/set.html ##### Set Theory Papers ##### Andreas Blass The papers are listed in reverse chronological order, except that I put two surveys at the beginning to make them easier to find. Nearly Countable Cardinals PostScript or PDF An expository talk, for a general mathematical audience, about cardinal characteristics of the continuum. Combinatorial Cardinal Characteristics of the Continuum (to appear as a chapter in the Handbook of Set Theory (ed. M. Foreman, M. Magidor, and A. Kanamori)) PostScript or PDF This survey of the theory of cardinal characteristics of the continuum is to appear as a chapter in the "Handbook of Set Theory." As the title indicates, I concentrate on the combinatorial characteristics; Tomek Bartoszynski has written a chapter on the category and measure characteristics. Voting Rules for Infinite Sets and Boolean Algebras PDF A voting rule in a Boolean algebra B is an upward closed subset that contains, for each element x in B, exactly one of x and -x. We study several aspects of voting rules, with special attention to their relationship with ultrafilters. 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CRC Press Online With this active field of research receiving increased attention from various mathematical fields, Invariant Descriptive set theory provides a comprehensivehttp://www.crcpress.co.uk/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=C7931&is 48. ASL Info Main Page His doctoral dissertation was entitled Applications of Descriptive set theory to topology and analysis and was notable for its surprising results http://www.aslonline.org/Sacks_recipients.html  ASL Information About the ASL Contact Us Newsletter Prizes and Awards Governance Committees, Reports Member Search Sacks Prize Recipients 2006 Sacks Prize Matteo Viale, University of Torino and the University of Paris 7 Viale received his Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Torino and the University of Paris 7, under the supervision of Alessandro Andretta and Boban Velickovic. The Committee's citation reads: "Viale's thesis makes fundamental contributions to our understanding of the consequences of forcing axioms in the combinatorics of singular cardinals. In particular, it solves a well-known problem, by showing that the Proper Forcing Axiom implies the Singular Cardinals Hypothesis.'' 2005 Sacks Prize Montalbán received his Ph.D. in 2005 from Cornell University, under the supervision of Richard Shore. The Committee on Prizes and Awards' citation reads: "The thesis, entitled Beyond the Arithmetic  49. Intute Science, Engineering And Technology - Full Record Details For Descriptive Title, Descriptive set theory Math 512 Fall 2002 They discuss classical Descriptive set theory, Borel sets, the influence of recursion theory onhttp://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20070125-164614 50. BiggerBooks.com Ã¢ÂÂ Discount Bookstore. 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52. Mathematics Under The Microscope: Explication Of Explicitness
The concept of a Borel set belongs to the area of mathematics called Descriptive set theory. I have special feelings towards the Descriptive set theory and
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Atomic objects, structures and concepts of mathematics
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The following informal concepts of mathematical practice cry out to be explicated: beautiful, natural, deep, trivial, "right", difficult, genuinely, explanatory ... Timothy Gowers
These words by Tim Gowers deserve to be called "Gowers' programme". He formulated it in his talk at the conference Mathematical Knowledge in Cambridge in June 2004.
This my post will demonstrate two extreme cases among many possible approaches to the explication of informal mathematical concepts: a lazy metamathematical approach and a hard-core mathematical treatment (terminology is mine). An example of a lazy metamathematical approach was given by Gowers in the same talk. He said that, in his opinion, a "comprehensible" proof (yet another frequently used informal concept) is not necessarily the shortest one, but a proof of small width . Here, "width" measures how much you must hold in your head at any one time. Alternatively, imagine that you write a detailed proof on a blackboard, carefully referring to all intermediate steps. However, if you know that a certain formula or lemma will never be used again, you erase it and re-use the space. A "small width" proof is a proof which never expands beyond one (small) blackboard. It is a nice naive concept which perhaps can be made into a rigorous theory. I do not know, however, whether proof theorists and complexity theorists have been sufficiently interested and if so, successful in its development.

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54. Keldysh Conference
She first worked in Descriptive set theory (being a member of the celebrated Lusitania a mathematiciancommunity grouped around N.N. Lusin), and then,
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 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and Moscow State University (MSU) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE GEOMETRIC TOPOLOGY, DISCRETE GEOMETRY AND SET THEORY (Moscow, August 24 - 28, 2004) IN CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL of Ljudmila Vsevolodovna Keldysh (March 12, 1904 - February 16, 1976) Scopes and Themes The conference will cover the areas of L.V. KeldyshÂs scientific interests as well as some modern development in geometry and topology. There will be four sections: Geometric Topology (A.V. Chernavsky , E.V. Shchepin) Set Theory (V.V. Fedorchouk, V.G. Kanovei, V.A. Lyubetsky) Topology of Low Dimensions (S.V. Matveev, I.A. Dynnikov) Combinatorial geometry and algebraic topology (V.M. Buchstaber) Ljudmila Vsevolodovna Keldysh was an eminent mathematician. She first worked in Descriptive Set Theory (being a member of the celebrated Lusitania - a mathematiciancommunity grouped around N.N. Lusin), and then, from the 50's, in the domain of Geometric Topology. Her main result in Descriptive Theory consists in the full analysis of the Borel sets, including the construction of arithmetic examples for all effectively given transfinites.

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