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Amit Kuber
PhD (University of Manchester, UK)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Research Interest
My current interests include the study of categorical syntax-semantics dualities in the context of various fragments of first-order logic as well as parallels between additive and non-additive categories in these contexts.
https://sites.google.com/view/exploring-infinity-within/
https://sites.google.com/view/exploring-infinity-within/teaching/mth101a
FB 506
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur 208018
Specialization
Category theory, Model theory, Categorical logic, Abstract homotopy theory
Education
PhD (2011-14)-University of Manchester, UK
Master of Advanced Studies/Part-III of Mathematical Tripos (2010-11)-University of Cambridge, UK
M.Sc. (2008-10)-University of Pune
B.Sc. (2006-08)-Garware College, Pune
PhD thesis title: K-theory of theories of modules and algebraic varietiesPhD thesis supervisor: Prof. Mike Prest
Selected Publications
Definable categories (with Jiři Rosický), J. Pure Appl. Algebra, 222(5)(2017), 1006-1025.
Grothendieck rings of theories of modules, Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 166(2015), 369-407.
On the Grothendieck ring of varieties, Math. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., 158(3)(2015), 477-486.
Definable combinatorics with dense linear orders (with H. Shukla and A. Jain), Arch. Math. Logic., 59(2020), 679–701.
Awards & Fellowships
Eduard Cech Institute (Czech Republic) postdoc fellowship (2016)
School of Mathematics, University of Manchester (UK) overseas students scholarship (2011-14)
Cambridge Commonwealth Trust scholarship (2010-11)
NBHM M.Sc. scholarship (2008-10)
Lt. Padmabhushan A. Garware Memorial award and Lt. R.G. Kunte Memorial award for first rank in B.Sc. (Maths) in Pune University
Extra Curricular Activities
Indian classical and light music: vocal, harmonium and tabla; poem writing
Keywords
Categories, model theory, Grothendieck ring
Research Group
Logic, Algebra
Professional Experience
Postdoc fellow (2014-15)-Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Postdoc fellow (2016)-Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy