Author: Jonas Reitz

  • Tree growing out of ruins. Photo from: https://www.pexels.com/photo/building-with-tree-1534057/

    My Mathematical Geneology

    Courtesy of the most excellent Mathematics Geneology Project.

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    Metro NExt 9/19: Subversive Compromise

    Subversive Compromise:Working in and around the system to write a grant, get funded, and make stuff happen. Metro NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Workshop 2019September 13, 2019 – Courant/NYU (251 Mercer St.), Room 109 ABSTRACT:In this interactive workshop, participants will explore challenges, opportunities and lessons learned in conceiving, planning, designing, and writing a successful grant…

  • Generalized Cohen Iterations

    Set Theory Seminar (RESCHEDULED from April 12)CUNY Graduate Center, Room 6417Friday, May 17, 10:00-11:45am, 2019Jonas Reitz, CUNYGeneralized Cohen Iterations Adding Cohen subsets to each of a class of cardinals in turn is a common construction in set theory, and underlies many fundamental results. The construction comes in two basic flavors, products (as in Easton’s Theorem…