Mathematics
FEATURED GRANT
Explanations of Infinity in Math and Logic
Professor W. Hugh Woodin, Department of Mathematics
University of California - Berkeley (Berkeley CA)
This
research program offers a new approach to the Inner Model Problem for large
cardinal axioms and supercompact cardinals. It involves a continuation of a
Phase I effort involving mathematical investigation of Infinity, as well as a
Phase II effort to define and analyze the generalization of Gödel's inner
model L for one supercompact cardinal.
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Sample Grants
| Grant Title |
Award Date |
Grant Amount |
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- Noncommutative Geometry and Physics
Sir John Kingman, Director
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
- Partial program support of a one-week workshop which will bring together some of the world's most senior mathematicians with physicists and philosophers to consider the fundamental nature of space and time. The primary goal of the workshop is the introduction of new conceptions of geometry into the realms of physical and philosophical intuition about the nature of gravity, quantum measurement, information, and possible experimental test.
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September 2006 |
$65,000 |
- Evolution and Theology of Cooperation: The Emergence of Altruistic Behavior, Forgiveness and Unselfish Love in the Context of Biological, Ethical and Theological Implications
Professor Martin A. Nowak, Director
Program for Evolutionary Dynamics
Rev. Dr. Sarah Coakley, Edward Mallinckrodt Professor of
Divinity
Harvard Divinity School (Cambridge MA) - This
grant supports interdisciplinary research into the implications of the
evolutionary phenomenon of 'cooperation,' and the relationship between these
evolutionary processes and classic theism(s). The project aims to lay out a
set of logical alternatives for understanding the theological implications of
the evolutionary process that extends beyond the disjunctive choice between
secular Darwinism and religious fundamentalism. The project includes a
lecture series, as well as research.
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July 2005 |
$1,999,124 |
- Horizons of Truth: Logic, Foundations of Mathematics, and the Quest for Understanding the Nature of Knowledge
Dr. Matthias Baaz, Vice President
Kurt Gödel Gesellschaft (Vienna Austria) - These
two grants supported an international symposium in Vienna, Austria, organized
by the Kurt Gödel Society commemorating the centennial of Kurt Gödel's birth.
More than twenty distinguished scholars in mathematics, logic, physics,
philosophy, and philosophical theology debated the life and ideas of Kurt
Gödel, and the continuing implications of his seminal contributions. The
program also included a young scholars competition. An edited volume is
being prepared for publication.
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July 2005 |
$616,000 |
