Topological Representations and the Model Theory of Abelian Group Rings

Topological Representations and the Model Theory of Abelian Group Rings

Thu, 16/02/2012
17:00 		Peter Pappas (Oxford) Logic Seminar Add to calendar L3
Topological Representations and the Model Theory of Abelian Group Rings
This talk will be accessible to non-specialists and in particular details how model theory naturally leads to specific representations of abelian group rings as rings of global sections. The model-theoretic approach is motivated by algebraic results of Amitsur on the Semisimplicity Problem, on which a brief discussion will first be given.