Jonathan Kirby : Pregeometries and exponentiation

Posted by , part of the Logic Seminar.

At

Jan. 30, 2007, 3 p.m.

In

SEO 427

Abstract

In this basic talk I will explain what pregeometries are and why they are useful. I will give a few definitions of pregeometries for real, complex and abstract exponentiation, mostly introduced by Alex Wilkie, and will discuss a couple of open problems about them.