Saturday, June 2, 2018
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with coffee and lunch breaks
Carnegie Mellon University
Lectures in Doherty Hall 2302
Refreshments in Wean Hall 6220
Breakfast and coffee starting at 7:30
Dilip Raghavan : "Boolean ultrapowers and iterated forcing"
Description
In joint work with Saharon Shelah, we develop a new method for proving consistency results on cardinal invariants, particularly results involving the invariant 𝔞. This method can be used with a wide range of forcing notions, including arbitrary ccc posets. However the method always requires a supercompact cardinal κ in the ground model and produces forcing extensions in which the desired invariants sit above κ. Another feature of our method is that it generalizes to cardinal invariants above ω, and can be used to give uniform consistency proofs that work at any regular cardinal. It can also be used to treat situations where three cardinal invariants must be separated. In particular, our technique solves various long standing open problems about cardinal invariants at uncountable regular cardinals. All the results use Boolean ultrapowers, studied by Keisler and other model theorists in the 1960s. I will aim to give a fairly self contained introduction to this method and to some to its applications to the theory of cardinal invariants.
Suggested reading
- Beginning: Kunen "Set theory", Chang and Keisler "Model theory" (particularly Chapter 6).
- Intermediate: Andreas Blass, "Combinatorial characteristics of the continuum", Handbook of set theory.
- Advanced:
- Saharon Shelah, "Two cardinal invariants of the continuum (𝔡 < 𝔞) and FS linearly ordered iterated forcing", Acta Mathematica, 2004.
- Marayanthe Malliaris and Saharon Shelah, "Existence of optimal ultrafilters and the fundamental complexity of simple theories", Advances in Mathematics, 2016.
Local information
The nearest airport is Pittsburgh International Airport. The Supershuttle shared van service is cheaper but slower than taking a taxi from the airport.
Lodging
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT LODGING: A block of rooms earmarked for attendees has been set aside at a local hotel (the Shadyside Inn). If we are covering your lodging expenses then we will need to make a reservation for you. Please don't make your own reservation if we have promised you support, this will cause confusion and may make it impossible for us to reimburse you.
Participant travel support
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