Toronto Set Theory

Event Information Title: A proof of Galvin's Conjecture
Starts: 13:30 on Friday October 26, 2018
Ends: 15:00 on Friday October 26, 2018
Location: FI210, Fields Institute, 222 College St.
Speaker: Stevo Todorcevic
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Institution: University of Toronto
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Abstract: We prove that for every finite colouring of the set of unordered pairs of real numbers there is a set of reals homeomorphic to the rationals whose pairs use no more than two colours. This solves a problem of F. Galvin from the 1970's. The proof uses large cardinals. This is a joint work with Dilip Raghavan.

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