Mathematical logic seminar - Oct 1 2018 - NOTE UNUSUAL DAY AND TIME!

Time: 4:30pm - 5:30 pm

Room: Wean Hall 8220

Speaker:     Nigel Pynn-Coates    
Department of Mathematics
UIUC

Title: Asymptotic valued differential fields and differential-henselianity

Abstract:

It is well known that henselianity plays a fundamental role in the algebra and model theory of valued fields. The notion of differential-henselianity, introduced by Scanlon and developed in further generality by Aschenbrenner, van den Dries, and van der Hoeven, is a natural generalization to the setting of valued differential fields. I will present three related theorems justifying the position that differential-henselianity plays a similarly fundamental role in the algebra of asymptotic valued differential fields, a class arising naturally from the study of Hardy fields and transseries, and that have potential applications to the model theory of such fields.