COLLOQUIUM
Model Theory and
Minimality
Dr. Joseph Flenner
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Notre Dame
Abstract
A newcomer to model theory will find that the subject seems to be
made up of an almost dizzying array of different notions of
“minimality”. We begin with an introduction to the subject from
the perspective of these notions, and explain how and why it has
developed in this way. Then, we focus on a more recent addition
to the family, ‘VC-minimality’, and in particular how it relates to
one of the main unifying and motivating examples, the model
theory of valued fields.
Department of
Mathematics
Tuesday,
April 24th, 2012
4:00 p.m.
204 Morgan Hall
Refreshments will be
served at 3:45 p.m.