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Friday, February 2, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, February 2, 2018

On "A Vietoris-Smale mapping theorem for the homotopy of hyperdefinable sets" by Achille and Berarducci

Elliot Kaplan (UIUC Math)

Abstract: I will discuss the paper "A Vietoris-Smale mapping theorem for the homotopy of hyperdefinable sets" by Alessandro Achille and Alessandro Berarducci [arXiv]. In this paper, they compare the definable homotopy groups of a space $X$ definable in an o-minimal structure (denoted $\pi_n(X)^\mathrm{def}$) with the (usual) homotopy groups of the quotient $X/E$, where $E$ is a certain kind of type-definable equivalence relation on $X$. Under certain assumptions, these groups are actually isomorphic. These types of quotients were first studied by Pillay in the case that $X$ is actually a definable group. This is the first talk that I will give on this paper.

Friday, February 9, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, February 9, 2018

More on A Vietoris-Smale mapping theorem for the homotopy of hyperdefinable sets'' by Achille and Berarducci

Elliot Kaplan (UIUC Math)

Abstract: I will continue to discuss the paper A Vietoris-Smale mapping theorem for the homotopy of hyperdefinable sets'' by Alessandro Achille and Alessandro Berarducci [arXiv]. I will sketch the proofs of the two main theorems, in which they show that under certain conditions, the definable homotopy groups of a space $X$ definable in an o-minimal structure are isomorphic to the (usual) homotopy groups of the quotient of $X$ by a certain kind of type-definable equivalence relation $E$. This is the second talk on this paper.

Friday, February 16, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, February 16, 2018

Canceled

Friday, February 23, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, February 23, 2018

"On dp-minimal ordered structures" by P. Simon (part 1)

Travis Nell (Illinois Math)

Abstract: This is an introductory talk to "On dp-minimal ordered structures" by P. Simon [arXiv].

Friday, March 2, 2018

4:00 pm in 1 Illini Hall,Friday, March 2, 2018

"On dp-minimal ordered structures" by P. Simon (part 2)

Alexi Block Gorman (Illinois Math)

Abstract: We continue reading through "On dp-minimal ordered structures" by P. Simon [arXiv].

Friday, March 9, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, March 9, 2018

"On dp-minimal ordered structures" by P. Simon (part 3)

Alexi Block Gorman (Illinois Math)

Abstract: We continue reading through "On dp-minimal ordered structures" by P. Simon [arXiv].

Friday, March 16, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, March 16, 2018

Cancelled

Friday, March 30, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, March 30, 2018

Dp-minimal expansions of $(\mathbb{Q},<,+)$

Erik Walsberg (Illinois Math)

Abstract: I will use P. Simon's result to relate dp-minimal expansions of $(\mathbb{Q},<,+)$ to o-minimal expansions of $(\mathbb{R},<,+)$, I will also describe a nice application of the Pettis lemma to o-minimality.

Friday, April 6, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, April 6, 2018

Dp-minimal expansions of $(\mathbb{Q},<,+)$ (continued)

Erik Walsberg (Illinois Math)

Abstract: I will use P. Simon's result to relate dp-minimal expansions of $(\mathbb{Q},<,+)$ to o-minimal expansions of $(\mathbb{R},<,+)$, I will also describe a nice application of the Pettis lemma to o-minimality.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

1:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Tuesday, April 10, 2018

"On dp-minimal ordered structures" by P. Simon (part 4)

Elliot Kaplan (Illinois Math)

Abstract: We continue through "On dp-minimal ordered structures" by P. Simon [arXiv].

Friday, April 20, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, April 20, 2018

Polishable Borel equivalence relations

Sławomir Solecki (Cornell)

Abstract: We introduce the notion of Polishable equivalence relations. This class of equivalence relations contains all orbit equivalence relations induced by Polish group actions and is contained in the class of idealistic equivalence relations of Kechris and Louveau. We show that each orbit equivalence relation induced by a Polish group action admits a canonical transfinite sequence of Polishable equivalence relations approximating it. The proof involves establishing a lemma, which may be of independent interest, on stabilization of increasing $\omega_1$-sequences of completely metrizable topologies.

Friday, October 12, 2018

4:00 pm in 345 Altgeld Hall,Friday, October 12, 2018

On "A model-theoretic approach to rigidity of strongly ergodic, distal actions" by T. Ibarlucía and T. Tsankov: Part 1

Ruiyuan (Ronnie) Chen (Illinois Math)

Abstract: We begin reading through "A model-theoretic approach to rigidity of strongly ergodic, distal actions" by T. Ibarlucía and T. Tsankov [arXiv].