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The take home exam has been uploaded, in the file called
MAGICtestpravi.pdf
I tried to create an assignment with this name but there are problems uploading the files on that part of the site. So please just go to the files for the course and find the right file.
Best wishes, Mirna
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General
This course is part of the MAGIC core.
Description
This course is an extended version of a course that was given as an intensive course in the London Taught Centre in May 2008. That course was really well received by the studentsand I would like to build on that and their comments to develop even a better course this time!
The idea is that we go through basic set theory rather quickly, covering the axioms and basic concepts such as ordinals and cardinals. We adopt ZFC. Then we go and talk about a variety of mathematical subjects and say how set theory appears there: algebra, analysis, geometric group theory! Then we discuss independence, what does the independence means to you- , the incompleteness, the expectations on the foundation of mathematics.
One of the main goals of the course is to engage a working mathematician in thinking about foundations that are needed when one does mathematics.
Semester
The idea is that we go through basic set theory rather quickly, covering the axioms and basic concepts such as ordinals and cardinals. We adopt ZFC. Then we go and talk about a variety of mathematical subjects and say how set theory appears there: algebra, analysis, geometric group theory! Then we discuss independence, what does the independence means to you- , the incompleteness, the expectations on the foundation of mathematics.
One of the main goals of the course is to engage a working mathematician in thinking about foundations that are needed when one does mathematics.
Autumn 2011 (Monday, October 10 to Friday, December 16)
Timetable- Fri 11:05 - 11:55
Lecturer
Mirna Dzamonja
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Students
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Stacey Aston
(Newcastle) |
Kalyan Banerjee
(Liverpool) |
Cisem Bektur
(Loughborough) |
Anthony Chiu
(Manchester) |
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Jacob Cook
(Leeds) |
Michael Dymond
(Birmingham) |
Mariano Galvagno
(Loughborough) |
Robert Henderson
(East Anglia) |
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Benjamin Lang
(York) |
Nil Mansuroglu
(Manchester) |
Keith McCabe
(Durham) |
Sammy Ragy
(Nottingham) |
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Felix Rehren
(Birmingham) |
Dragomir Tsonev
(Loughborough) |
David Ward
(Manchester) |
Dan Dan Yang
(York) |
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Rida-e Zenab
(York) |
Albert Ziegler
(Leeds) |
Prerequisites
No prerequisites information is available yet.
Syllabus
Please see the file syllabus.pdf
Bibliography
| Set theory | Hajnal, Hamburger and Máté |
| Set theory: an introduction to independence proofs | Kunen |
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Assessment
The assessment will take form of a take home exam, which should be doable in 3 hours. An example of such an exam is given in the file "Magictest.pdf". The assessment will be set the last day of classes, 16/12 and it is due 31/12/2011.
Assignments
Final exam
| Files: | Exam paper | ||
| Deadline: | Saturday 31 December 2011 (535.3 days ago) | ||
Files
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