[FOM] Honorary doctorate for Harvey M. Friedman

Andreas Weiermann Andreas.Weiermann at UGent.be
Fri Aug 9 07:12:28 EDT 2013


Dear members of FOM,

the rector of Ghent University will award an institutional honorary 
doctorate
to Prof. Dr. Harvey M. Friedman on September 4th, 2013
at Het Pand, Onderbergen 1, Ghent, Belgium.
On this occasion Friedman will give a general audience
talk on September 4th starting at 15:00 and a bit later a talk on 
electronic performance.
In the morning of September 5th there will be two lectures by Friedman
on his recent achievements on the foundations of mathematics.
In the afternoon there will be four invited
lectures by Albert Visser, Ulrich Kohlenbach, Matthias Baaz and Ali Enayat
and additional short lectures highlighting some selected bits of 
Friedman's research.
On September 4 and 5 Friedman will give piano recitals
The (currently provisional) website of the event is located at
http://cage.ugent.be/programFriedman/index.html
Participants are welcome!
There is no fee involved. (But participants of the lunch on September 
5th are expected
to pay a fee of EUR 20. A hyperlink regarding payment details will be 
provided within
some days.)

Best wishes
Andreas Weiermann


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