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Justin T. Moore

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Justin Tatch Moore (born 1974)[1] is a set theorist and logician. He is a full professor in mathematics at Cornell University.

Career

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Moore received his PhD in 2000 from the University of Toronto under the supervision of Stevo Todorcevic.[1][2] He was an assistant professor in mathematics at Boise State University. In the fall of 2007, he joined the faculty at Cornell University.

Research

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His primary research area is Ramsey theory of infinite sets. He is known for solutions to the basis problem for uncountable linear orders and to the L space problem from general topology[3] and for his work in determining the consequences of relating the continuum to certain values of the aleph function.[4] Moore, together with his PhD student Yash Lodha, produced the first torsion-free and finitely presented counterexample to the von Neumann-Day problem, originally described by mathematician John von Neumann in 1929. Lodha presented this solution at the London Mathematical Society's Geometric and Cohomological Group Theory symposium in August 2013.[5]

Awards, distinctions, and recognitions

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Moore won the "Young Scholar's Competition" award in 2006, in Vienna, Austria. The Competition was a part of the "Horizons of Truth" celebrating the Gödel Centenary 2006.[6] He was an invited speaker at the ICM, Hyderabad 2010, Logic session, where he presented his solution to the problem of constructing an L-space. The L-space was constructed without assuming additional axioms and by combining Todorcevic's rho functions with number theory.[7][8]

Moore is an editor for the Archive of Mathematical Logic where he handles papers in set theory.[4] He was one of the organizers of the fall 2012 Thematic Program in Forcing and its Applications (Forcing Axioms and their Applications) at the Fields Institute.[9] In 2012, he was elected as a Fellow (Inaugural Class of Fellows) of the American Mathematical Society.[10]

Sources

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  1. ^ a b "Set Theory Talks Global set theory seminar and conference announcements (Moore's short biography)". Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Justin Moore - The Mathematics Genealogy Project", Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=46051, retrieved 26 August 2020
  3. ^ Justin Tatch Moore: A SOLUTION TO THE L SPACE PROBLEM, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Volume 19, Number 3, Pages 717–736 [1]
  4. ^ a b "Justin Tatch Moore's Home Page", Pi.math.cornell.edu/~justin/, retrieved 26 August 2020
  5. ^ Vasyl Kacapyr: Von Neumann-Day problem: Vexing math problem finds an elegant solution, Science Daily, November 18, 2013
  6. ^ "University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics: Outstanding award for Justin Moore" (PDF), Robert.barringtonleigh.net, retrieved 26 August 2020
  7. ^ "RSC Fellowship Citation and Detailed Appraisal: Stevo Todorcevic" (PDF), Web.archive.org, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2016, retrieved 26 August 2020
  8. ^ Bhatia, Rajendra (ed): Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Volume 1, Plenary Lectures and Ceremonies, Hyderabad 2010 p. 3
  9. ^ "Fields Institute - Workshop on Forcing axioms and their applications", Fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/12-13/forcing/axioms/index.html, retrieved 26 August 2020
  10. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 5 March 2018
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