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DDC - Computability Theory: Milliken's tree theorem and computability theory October 08, 2020 (09:00 AM PDT - 10:00 AM PDT)
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Location: MSRI: Online/Virtual
Speaker(s) Damir Dzhafarov (University of Connecticut)
Description

Hilbert’s Tenth Problem was the only decision problem among his twenty-three problems. Precise mathematical theory of (in)computability and its interaction with number theory led to the negative solution of the problem. The seminar will focus on modern topics on computability-theoretic phenomena in number-theoretic and other algebraic and model-theoretic structures.

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Milliken's Tree Theorem And Computability Theory

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To participate in this seminar, please register here: https://www.msri.org/seminars/25206

Abstract:

Milliken's tree theorem is a powerful combinatorial result that generalizes Ramsey's theorem and many other familiar partition results. I will present recent work on the effective and proof-theoretic strength of this theorem, which was originally motivated by a question of Dobrinen. The main result is a complete characterization of Milliken's tree theorem in terms of reverse mathematics and the usual computability-theoretic hierarchies, along with several applications to other combinatorial problems. Key to this is a new inductive proof of Milliken's tree theorem, employing an effective version of the Halpern-Lauchli theorem. This is joint work with Angles d'Auriac, Cholak, Monin, and Patey.

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Milliken's Tree Theorem And Computability Theory

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