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Saharon Shelah: Hilbert's First Problem and the number four

Saharon Shelah, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Time: Wed 2009-09-23 16.00 - 17.00


Location: Room 3721, department of mathematics, KTH, Lindstedtsvägen 25, 7th floor

Hilbert's First Problem was about the continuum hypothesis, so really about: is the arithmetic of infinite numbers simple? What are its rules? The talk will be exclusively in naive set theory, and does not assume any specialized knowledge. We try to exemplify the idea, that when we ask the right question there is much to be said, even restricting ourselves to sets of reals only.

Title Date
Sandra Di Rocco: Interaction between Convex and Algebraic Geometry Dec 16, 2009
Alexander Gorodnik: Arithmetic Geometry and Dynamical Systems Nov 18, 2009
Laurent Bartholdi: Insanely twisted rabbits Nov 18, 2009
Nils Dencker: The spectral instability of differential operators Nov 04, 2009
Peter Jagers: Extinction: how often, how soon, and in what way? Oct 21, 2009
Norbert Peyerimhoff: Expander graphs — some background and new examples Oct 07, 2009
Saharon Shelah: Hilbert's First Problem and the number four Sep 23, 2009
Jürg Kramer: Irrationality of √2 and Arakelov Geometry Sep 09, 2009