Calendar

May
26
Tue
Peter Loth (Sacred Heart University) @ Lecture held in Elysium
May 26 @ 6:00 am – 8:00 am

Title: Simply Given Compact Abelian Groups
by Peter Loth (Sacred Heart University) as part of Topological Groups

Lecture held in Elysium.

Abstract
A compact abelian group is called simply given if its Pontrjagin dual is simply presented. Warfield groups are defined to be direct summands of simply presented abelian groups. They were classified up to isomorphism in terms of cardinal invariants by Warfield in the local case, and by Stanton and Hunter–Richman in the global case. In this talk, we classify up to topological isomorphism the duals of Warfield groups, dualizing Stanton’s invariants. We exhibit an example of a simply given group with nonsplitting identity component.

Dan Turetsky (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
May 26 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Title: Coding in the automorphism group of a structure
by Dan Turetsky (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) as part of Computability theory and applications

Abstract
In this talk I will discuss a new technique for coding a closed set into the automorphism group of a structure. This technique has applications to problems in Scott rank, effective dimension, and degrees of categoricity. For instance, I will explain how it can be used to construct a computably categorical structure with noncomputable Scott rank.

Jun
2
Tue
Vittorio Bard (Università degli Studi di Torino)
Jun 2 @ 4:00 am – 5:00 am

Title: A local approach towards uniform Martin’s conjecture
by Vittorio Bard (Università degli Studi di Torino) as part of Computability theory and applications

Abstract
In 1967 Sacks asked whether there is degree invariant r.e. operator that maps x to a solution to Post’s problem relativized for x. In 1975, Lachlan proved that the answer is no if we require the operator to be degree invariant in a uniform way.
Sack’s question can be considered the forefather of Martin’s conjecture, a foundamental open problem that hypothizes that degree invariant functions under AD have limited possibilities of behavior. Following Lachlan’s example, in the late 80s Slaman and Steel proved Martin’s conjecture for unifromly degree invariant functions.
We will show that half of this result is actually the consequence of phenomena that unifromly degree invariant functions already manisfest on single Turing degrees. We also present a joint result with Patrick Lutz, in which we show that Lachlan’s result arises locally, too.

Break (University of Hawaiʻi) @ Lecture held in Elysium
Jun 2 @ 6:00 am – 8:00 am

Title: Topological Groups Seminar One-Week Hiatus
by Break (University of Hawaiʻi) as part of Topological Groups

Lecture held in Elysium.
Abstract: TBA

Jun
9
Tue
Nikolai Bazhenov (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics)
Jun 9 @ 4:00 am – 5:00 am

Title: Rogers semilattices in the analytical hierarchy
by Nikolai Bazhenov (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics) as part of Computability theory and applications

Abstract
For a countable set S, a numbering of S is a surjective map from ω onto S. A numbering ν is reducible to a numbering μ if there is a computable function f such that ν(x) = μ f(x) for all indices x. The notion of reducibility between numberings gives rise to a class of upper semilattices, which are usually called Rogers semilattices. We discuss recent results on Rogers semilattices induced by numberings in the analytical hierarchy. Special attention is given to the first-order properties of Rogers semilattices. The talk is based on joint works with Manat Mustafa, Sergei Ospichev, and Mars Yamaleev.

Ajit Iqbal Singh (Indian National Science Academy) @ Lecture held in Elysium
Jun 9 @ 6:00 am – 8:00 am

Title: Variants of Invariant Means of Amenability
by Ajit Iqbal Singh (Indian National Science Academy) as part of Topological Groups

Lecture held in Elysium.

Abstract
It all started, like many other amazing theories, in nineteen twenty-nine,
With John von Neumann, the greatest of the great.
The question of existence of a finitely additive measure on a group, a mean of a kind,
That is invariant, under any translation, neither gaining nor losing any weight.

Mahlon M. Day, in his zest and jest, giving double importance to semigroups, too,
Took up the study of conditions and properties, and named it amenability.
Erling Folner followed it up, more like a combinatorial maze to go through,
Whether or not translated set meets the original in a sizeable proportionality.

How could functional analysts sit quiet, who measure anything by their own norms,
Lo and behold, it kept coming back to the same concept over and over again.
Group algebras were just as good or bad, approximate conditions did no harms,
With the second duals of lofty Richard Arens, it became deeper, but still a fun-game.

Ever since, with the whole alphabet names, reputed experts or budding and slick,
Considering several set-ups and numerous variants of the invariance.
Actions on Manifolds or operators, dynamical systems nimble or quick,
We will have a look at some old and some new, closely or just from the fence.

Jun
16
Tue
Riddhi Shah (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) @ Lecture held in Elysium
Jun 16 @ 6:00 am – 8:00 am

Title: Dynamics of Distal Actions on Locally Compact Groups
by Riddhi Shah (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) as part of Topological Groups

Lecture held in Elysium.

Abstract
Distal maps were introduced by David Hilbert on compact spaces to study non-ergodic maps. A homeomorphism T on a topological space X is said to be distal if the closure of every double T-orbit of (x, y) does not intersect the diagonal in X x X unless x=y. Similarly, a semigroup S of homeomorphisms of X is said to act distally on X if the closure of every S-orbit of (x,y) does not intersect the diagonal unless x=y. We discuss some properties of distal actions of automorphisms on locally compact groups and on homogeneous spaces given by quotients modulo closed invariant subgroups which are either compact or normal. We relate distality to the behaviour of orbits. We also characterise the behaviour of convolution powers of probability measures on the group in terms of the distality of inner automorphisms.

Lu Liu (Central South University)
Jun 16 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Title: The coding power of products of partitions
by Lu Liu (Central South University) as part of Computability theory and applications

Abstract
Given two combinatorial notions P0 and P1, can we encode P0 via P1. In this talk we address the question where P0 is a 3-partition of integers and P1 is a product of finitely many 2-partitions of integers.
We firstly reduce the question to a lemma which asserts that certain Pi01 class of partitions admit two members violating a particular combinatorial constraint. Then we took a digression to see how complex does the class has to be so as to maintain the cross constraint.
On the other hand, reducing the complexity of the two members in the lemma in certain ways will answer an open question concerning a sort of Weihrauch degree of stable Ramsey’s theorem for pairs. It turns out the resulted strengthen of the lemma is a basis theorem for Pi01 class with additional constraint. We look at several such variants of basis theorem, among them some are unknown.
We end up by introducing some results and questions concerning product of infinitely many partitions.