We will present briefly the "multiverse view" of set theory, advocated by Hamkins, that there are a multitude of set-theoretic universes, and not one background universe, and his proposed "Multiverse Axioms". We will then move on to present the main result of Gitman and Hamkins in their paper "A natural model of the multiverse axioms" - that the countable computably saturated models of ZFC form a "toy model" of the multiverse axioms.

I'll show how the Vandermonde determinant identity allows us to estimate the volume of certain spaces of polynomials in one variable (or rather, of homogeneous polynomials in two variables), as the degree goes to infinity. I'll explain what this is good for in the context of globally valued fields, and, given time constraints, may give some indications on the approach for the "real inequality" in higher projective dimension.

Abstract: The set theoretic generalizations of algebras have been introduced in the 1960s to give a set theoretic interpretation of usual algebraic structures. The shift in perspective from algebra to set theory is that in set theory the focus is on the collection of possible algebras and sub-algebras on specific cardinals rather than on particular algebraic structures. The study of collections of algebras and sub-algebras has generated many well-known problems in combinatorial set theory (e.g., Chang’s conjecture and the existence of small singular Jonsson cardinals).

This talk will be largely based on a paper by Joseph Shipman with the same title. We will discuss some variations of Fubini type theorems. The focus will be on what is known as "strong Fubini type theorems". Apparently these versions were proved to be independent of ZFC,and our main aim will be to sketch a proof of this result. We will assume basic knowledge in measure theory. Aside from that, the material is rather self contained.

This talk is about three published papers of mine that form my phd. In the first two chapters I focus in the model theory of real closed fields and in the third one I take one step back and investigate in greater genearility dependent theories. The results are the following: 1. Boundedness criterion for rational functions over generalized semi-algebraic sets in real closed fields. 2. Positivity criterion for polynomials over generalized semi-algebraic sets in real closed valued fields.

In an attempt to classify the geometries arising in strongly minimal sets, Zil'ber conjectured them to split into three different types: Trivial geometries, vector space-like geometries and field-like geometries. Soon after, Hrushovski refuted this conjecture while introducing a new construction method, which has been modified and used a lot ever since.

Abstract: Paul Larson proved that under Martin's axiom and large continuum there are no Laver ideals over aleph_1. He asked about weakly Laver ideals under some forcing axiom. We shall address two issues: 1. Under Martin's axiom and the continuum is above aleph_2, there are no weakly Laver ideals over aleph_1.. 2. Under Baumgartner's axiom, the parallel of Larson's theorem holds for ideals over aleph_2.

We shall prove that there is a sequence of Boolean algebras for which the ultraproduct of the lengths divided by an ultrafilter is strictly less than the length of the product algebra. This is a joint work with Saharon Shelah.

Speaker: Shira Zerbib Gelaki (MSRI, University of Michigan) Title: Colorful coverings of polytopes -- the hidden topological truth behind different colorful phenomena Abstract: The topological KKMS Theorem is a powerful extension of the Brouwer's Fixed-Point Theorem, which was proved by Shapley in 1973 in the context of game theory. We prove a colorful and polytopal generalization of the KKMS Theorem, and show that our theorem implies some seemingly unrelated results in discrete geometry and combinatorics involving colorful settings.

Let L(E/Q, s) be the L-function of an elliptic curve E defined over the rational field Q. We examine the central value L(E, 1, χ) of twists of L(E/Q, s) by Dirichlet characters χ. We discuss the vanishing and non-vanishing frequencies of these values as χ ranges over characters of fixed order greater than 2. We also examine thee square-free part of the algebraic part of L(E/F, 1) for abelian fields F/Q when these values are non-zero.

Abstract: I will start with a motivation of what algebraic (and model-theoretic) properties an algebraically closed field of characteristic 1 is expected to have. Then I will explain how these properties can be obtained by the well-known in model theory Hrushovski's construction and then formulate very precise axioms that such a field must satisfy. The axioms have a form of statements about existence of solutions to systems of equations in terms of a 'multi-dimansional' valuation theory and the validity of these statements is an open problem to be discussed.

I discuss some class of function of several elliptic variables, this functions generalize multiple polylogarithms of D. Zagier. I show some applications of developed formalism. This is a joint work with F. Brown.

Abstract: In the last five years Bridgeland stability has revolutionized our understanding of the geometry of moduli spaces of sheaves on surfaces, allowing us to compute ample and effective cones and describe different birational models. In this talk, I will survey some of my joint work with Daniele Arcara, Aaron Bertram, Jack Huizenga and Matthew Woolf on the birational geometry of moduli spaces of sheaves on the plane. I will describe the ample and effective cones of these moduli spaces, concentrating on Hilbert schemes of points and concrete examples.

The functoriality conjecture is a key ingredient in the theory of automorphic forms and the Langlands program. Given two reductive groups G and H, the principle of functoriality asserts that a map r:H^->G^ between their dual complex groups should naturally give rise to a map r*:Rep(H)->Rep(G) between their automorphic representations. In this talk, I will describe the idea of functoriality, its connection to L-functions and recent work on weak functorial lifts to the exceptional group of type G_2.