SCOTT MUTCHNIK
National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago
Previous positions: Cofund MathInGreaterParis Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu -- Paris Rive Gauche
Research interests: Model theory, including classification theory, neo- and geometric stability theory, and applications
Research:
Some applications of the real strict order property hierarchy, preprint
On the notion of a patterning property in model theory, with Gabriel Day, submitted
Approximations of the strict order property, preprint
An NSOP_1 theory without the existence axiom, preprint
Simple homogeneous structures and indiscernible sequence invariants, with John Baldwin and James Freitag, to be submitted in two parts. First part submitted as "The Koponen Conjecture," with James Freitag
On the properties SOP_{2^{n+1}+1}, submitted
Properties of independence in NSOP_3 theories, accepted, Model Theory
Generic expansions and the group configuration theorem, recommended for acceptance pending revision, J. Math. Logic
Conant-independence and generalized free amalgamation, J. Math. Logic
On NSOP_2 theories, J. Eur. Math. Soc.
Education:
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 2023
Advisor: Thomas Scanlon
B.A.S., Mathematics and Philosophy, Stanford University, 2019
Awards:
Sacks Prize, Association for Symbolic Logic, 2023
Awarded for the most outstanding doctoral dissertation in mathematical logic
Teaching:
Instructor, UIC
Math 210 (Calculus III)
Graduate Seminar in Classification Theory
Guest Lecturer, UIC
Math 507 (Graduate Model Theory)
Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley
Math 32 (Precalculus)
Math 53W (Multivariable Calculus)
Math 55 (Discrete Mathematics)
Contact:
Dept. of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
University of Illinois Chicago
851 S Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Office: SEO 508