Benjamin Miller : Dichotomy Theorems in Descriptive Set Theory

Posted by David E. Marker , part of the Departmental Colloquium.

At

Jan. 11, 2010, 3 p.m.

In

SEO 636

Abstract

Since the inception of the subject, dichotomy theorems have played a central role in the development of descriptive set theory. We will discuss approaches to establishing such theorems using ideas from ergodic theory and graph theory.