The real field with two discrete multiplicative subgroups
Speaker:
Philipp Hieronymi, University of Illinois and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date and Time:
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Abstract:
In this talk, I will give the details of the proof that the real field with two discrete multiplicative subgroups defines the integers. The proof presented does not require any previous knowledge of the topic, but it is very computational.