Workshop on Stationary Sets and Algebra 2024

Department of mathematics and applied mathematics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, USA

May 20-22, 2024

VCU Math Exchange (northwest end of the STEM Building, 817 W. Franklin St)

The workshop will focus on topics in algebra that already have, or are likely to have, connections with set theory, especially those involving the nonstationary ideal and set-theoretic elementary submodel techniques. Recent examples of interactions of this kind include:

Approximation theory (e.g., precovering & deconstructible classes in abelian categories, complete cotorsion pairs, model categories, weak factorization systems, relative homological algebra)
Algebraic constructions associated with the nonstationary ideal (e.g., nonstationary support products of abelian groups).

The workshop will be a relatively informal mix of tutorials, discussion, and Q&A sessions. Tutorials will be given by these speakers (see this link for abstracts):

Andrew Brooke-Taylor (U. of Leeds)
James Gillespie (Ramapo U.)
Alina Iacob (Georgia Southern U.)
Brent Cody (VCU)
Sean Cox (VCU)

Participants

Brooke-Taylor, Andrew
Carmody, Erin
Cody, Brent
Cox, Sean
Eshkol, Julian
Eskew, Monroe
Gillespie, Jim
Iacob, Alina
Kim, William
Montero, Betty
Moore, Justin
Pecoraro, Hayden
Poveda, Alejandro
Schachner, Mark
Serafin, Luke

Please contact Sean Cox (scox9@vcu.edu) if you are interested in attending. Funds provided by the National Science Foundation will be used to reimburse some participant transportation and/or lodging expenses. Priority will be given to students and postdocs who do not hold federal research grants. Please request such funds as far in advance of the meeting as possible by contacting Sean Cox (scox9@vcu.edu).

Suggested arrival: afternoon/evening of Sunday, May 19. Suggested departure: evening of Wednesday, May 22 or morning of Thursday, May 23. Closest airport is Richmond International Airport, code RIC.

Supported by NSF grant DMS-2154141