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A sampler of undecidable problems

Bjorn Poonen
MIT

Thursday, May 28, 2009
007 Kemeny Hall, 4 pm
Tea 3:30 pm, 300 Kemeny Hall

Abstract: I will present a selection of problems from group theory, topology, and algebraic geometry that have been proved to be undecidable, and also present a few problems whose decidability status is not yet known.

This talk will be accessible to graduate students.