Vera Fischer, Privatdoz. PhD
Email: vera.fischer at univie.ac.at
Phone: +43 1 4277 50520

My research interests are mainly in combinatorial set theory, the structure of the real line and forcing. Prior to my current position, I was a FWF-Lise-Meitner Project Leader (M1365-N13) . In June 2017 I was awarded the FWF 2017 START Prize .

• Introduction to theoretical computer science (WS2017) (WS 2017)

• Reading course in set theory (WS2017) (WS 2017)

• UE Grundbegreiffe\Grundzuege der mathematischen Logik (SoSe 2016) (SoSe 2017)

• Introduction to mathematical logic (WS2015) (WS2016)

• Axiomatic Set Theory 1 (SoSe2016) (SoSe 2017)

• Jonathan Schilhan, master thesis (current)

• Oemer Faruk Bag, master thesis (current)

• Joaquin Padilla Montani, bachelor thesis (current)

• Christoph Hammer, bachelor thesis (current)

• Lukas Eckerstorfer, bachelor thesis (current)

• Vaught's Never Two Michael Zechner (WS2016\2017; bachelor thesis)

• Axiom of Choice, Arved Bartuska (SS2015\16; bachelor thesis)

• Forcing and applications on boudning, splitting and almost disjointness, Jonathan Schilhan (SS2015\16; bachelor thesis)

• Bounding, splitting and almost disjointness, Jonathan Schilhan (WS2015\16; bachelor thesis)

22. Coherent systems of finite support iterations with S.D.Friedman, D. A. Mejia, D.Montoya, accepted at the Journal of Symbolic Logic.

21. A co-analytic Cohen indestructible maximal cofinitary group with D. Schrittesser and A. Toernquist, accepted at the Journal of Symbolic Logic.

20. Generalized characteristics in a small $\mathfrak{u}(\kappa)$ model with A. Brooke-Taylor, S. D. Friedman, D. Montoya, accepted at APAL; (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apal.2016.08.004)

19. Splitting, bounding and almost disjointness can be quite different. with D. Mejia, accepted at the Canadian Journal of Mathematics; (http://dx.doi.org/10.4153/CJM-2016-021-8)

18. Definable maximal cofinitary groups. with S.D. Friedman and A. Toernquist, submitted.

17. Maximal cofinitary groups revisited, Math. Log. Quart. 61 (2015), 367 - 379.

16. Measure, category and projective wellorders, with S.D. Friedman and Y. Khomskii, Journal of Logic and Analysis 6:8 (2014), 1-25.

15. Template iterations and maximal cofinitary groups with A. Toernquist, Fundamenta Mathematicae 230 (3):205-236, 2015.

14. Cichon's diagram, regularity properties and $\Delta^1_3$ sets of reals, with S. D. Friedman and Y. Khomskii, Archive for Mathematical Logic, 53:5-6, 2014, pp 695-729.

13. Co-analytic mad families and definable wellorders with S.D. Friedman and Y. Khomskii, Archive for Mathematical Logic 52: 7-8 (2013) 809-822.

12. Cardinal characteristics, projective wellorders and large continuum with S. D. Friedman and L. Zdomskyy, Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 164 (2013) 763-770.

11. Projective maximal families of orthogonal measures with large continuum with S. D. Friedman and A. Toernquist, Journal of Logic and Analysis 4 (2012), 1-15.

10. Projective wellordrs and mad families with large continuum with S. D. Friedman and L. Zdomskyy, Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 162 (2011), pp. 853-862.

9. Non-dominating ultrafilters with B. Irrgang, Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Mathematica et Physica, vol. 51, 13-17, 2010

8. Mad families, splitting families and large continuum with J. Brendle, Journal of Symbolic Logic, 76, 1, 198-208, March 2011.

7. A co-analytic maximal set of orthogonal measures with A. Toernquist, Journal of Symbolic Logic, 75, 4, pp. 1403 - 1414.

6. Cardinal characteristics and projective well-orders with S. D. Friedman, Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 161 (2010), 916-922.

5. Further combinatorial properties of Cohen forcing with J. Steprans, RIMS Conference proceedings in "Combinatorial and Descriptive Set Theory", Kyoto, 2008.

4. The consistency of arbitrarily large spread between the bounding and the splitting numbers doctoral dissertation, under the supervision of Dr. Juris Steprans, York University, March 2008.

3. The consistency of $\mathfrak{b}=\kappa<\mathfrak{s}=\kappa^+$ with J. Steprans, Fundamenta Mathematicae, Volume 201, No. 3, 2008.

2. Open covers and symmetric operators with S. Watson, Topology Proceedings, Volume 27, No. 2, 2003.

1. Symmetric complex Banach manifolds and Hermitian Jordan triple systems - diplomarbeit (M.Sc. thesis), under the supervision of Dr. Wilhelm Kaup, University of Tübingen, March 2001.

• October 8 -13, 2017, Set theory Workshop, Luminy, France.

• September 11 -15, 2017, 17th Annual OEMG Meeting and DMG Congress, Salzburg, Austria.

• August 28 - 31, 2017, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (research visit), Jerusalem, Israel.

• July 3 -7, 2017, 6th European Set Theory conference, Budapest, Hungary.

• December 2016, Logic Seminar, Graduate Center, CUNY, USA.

• December 2016, Set Theory Seminar, Graduate Center, CUNY, USA.

• October 17 -19, 2016, Prague - Vienna Set Theory Workshop, Czech Republic.

• September 21- 23, 2016 - HCM, "Bonn Set Theory Workshop - the Generalized Baire space", Bonn, Germany.

• January 2016 - AIM, "High and Low Forcing", San Jose, CA.

• June 2015 - University of Bristol, UK.

• April 2015 - Technical University of Vienna (Algebra Seminar), Austria.

• March 2015 - National University of Singapore, Singapore.

• January 2015 - KGRC, University of Vienna, Austria.

• December 2014 - Technical University of Vienna (Logic Seminar), Austria.

• November 2014 - University of Kobe, Japan.

• October 31, 2014 - The Fields Insitute, Toronto, Canada.

• July 14 - 19, 2014 - Logic Colloquium, Vienna, Austria (plenary talk).

• March 4-7, 2014 - INFTY final conference, Bonn, Germany (plenary talk).

• February 2014 - University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• January 12 - 18, 2014 - "Set Theory", MFO, Oberwohlfach, Germany.

• November 3 - 8, 2013 - "Axiomatic Approaches to Forcing in Set Theory", Banff Internaitonal Research Center, Banff, Canada.

• September 2013 - Alfred Renyi, Hungarian Academy of Sciencies, Budapest, Hungary; slides

• September 2013 -International Conference on Topology and Geometry, joint with the 6th Japan-Mexico Topology Symposium (JAMEX 6), 2--6 September, Matsue, Japan; slides

• April 2012 - Young Set Theory 2012, CIRM, France; slides

• March 2012 - ASL Meeting in Wisconsin, Madison, USA; slides

• January 2012 - Joint Workshop Kobe - Vienna, Kobe, Japan; slides

• June 2009 - Mathematics Insitutute, University of Bonn, Germany; abstract

• December 2011 - Joint workshop Prague - Vienna, Prague, Czech Republic; slides

• October 2011 - KGRC, University of Vienna, Austria; abstract

• July 2010 - Joint seminar Sobolev Institute of Mathematics and KGRC, Vienna, Austria; slides

• November 2009 - KGRC, University of Vienna, Austria; abstract

• September 2009 - Center for Advanced Studies, Prague, Czech Republic

• August 2009 - Logic Colloquim 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria; slides

• April 2009 - Young Set Theory Meeting, Barcelona, Spain (talk in the discussion session)

• November 2008 - KGRC, University of Vienna, Austria; abstract

• October 2008 - KGRC, University of Vienna, Austria abstract

• August 2008 - RIMS workshop "Combinatorial and Descriptive Set Theory", Kyoto, Japan; slides

• June 2008 - CMS Summer Meeting in Calgary, Canada; abstract

• December 2007, 21st - Toronto Set Theory Seminar, Toronto, Canada; abstract

• December 2007, 7th and 14th - Toronto Set Theory Seminar, Toronto, Canada; abstract

• June 2006 - CMS Summer Meeting in Calgary, Canada; abstract

• Iterations with mixed support Toronto Graduate Student Set Theory Seminar, August 2, 2007.

• The consistency of $\mathfrak{t}=\omega_1< \mathfrak{h}=\omega_2$ Toronto Graduate Student Set Theory Seminar, July 12, 2007

• Mathias forcing which does not add dominating reals Toronto Graduate Student Set Theory Seminar, June 7, 2007,

• The consistency of arbitrarily large spread between $\mathfrak{u}$ and $\mathfrak{d}$ Toronto Graduate Student Set Theory Seminar, April 02, 2007.

• Partitioning pairs of countable ordinals Toronto Graduate Student Set Theory Seminar, January 29, 2007.

• Nonisomorphism of ultrpowers of countable elementary equivalent models Toronto Graduate Student Set Theory Seminar, January 8, 2007.

• Preservation of the $^\omega\omega$-bounding property Toronto Graduate Student Set Theory Seminar, December 7, 2005.

• Preservation of unboundedness and the consistency of $\mathfrak{b} < \mathfrak{s}$ Toronto Graduate Student Set Theory Seminar, October 12, 2005.

• Preservation of properness under countable support iteration Toronto Graduate Student Set Theory Seminar, October 5, 2005.