Fall 2025

Filippo Calderoni

Course Description:

This course is an introduction to mathematical logic, and basic model theory aimed at working mathematicians. The focus will be on the methods, rather than the foundational and metamathematical aspects.

The topics tentatively include:

First-order logic and definability, Ultraproducts, Compactness theorem, quantifier eliminations for algebraic closed fields, Hilbert's Nullstellensatz, o-minimality.

Text: 

There is no mandatory texbook. The instructor will provide lecture notes and suggest additional readings.

Prereq: 

The course will be accessible for any graduate student. One previous semester of graduate level course work would be helpful, but not required.al

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Spring 2024 

Dima Sinapova 

Course Description:

Introduction to model theory and computability; Godel's Completeness and Incompleteness theorems.

Text: 

Instructor's notes/tba

Prereq: 

General mathematical maturity /instructor's approval