Stevo Todorčević (; born February 9, 1955), is a Canadian-Serbian mathematician specializing in logic and set theory. He holds a Canada Research Chair in mathematics at the University of Toronto,Canada Research Chairholders: Stevo Todorcevic, retrieved 2012-03-07.Department of Mathematics, Stevo Todorcevic, Canada Research Chair Professor and a director of research position at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris.
Early life and education Todorčević was born in Ubovića Brdo. As a child, he moved to Banatsko Novo Selo, and went to school in Pančevo.„Uroš Predić“ Grammar School, Pančevo At the University of Belgrade, he studied mathematics, attending lectures by Đuro Kurepa. He began graduate studies in 1978, and wrote his doctoral thesis in 1979 with Kurepa as his advisor.Stevo Todorčević, memories of Ž. Miloradović
Research Todorčević's work involves mathematical logic, set theory, and their applications to pure mathematics.
In Todorčević's 1978 master's thesis, he constructed a model of MA + ¬wKH in a way to allow him to make the continuum any regular cardinal, and so derived a variety of topological consequences. Here MA is an abbreviation for Martin's axiom and wKH stands for the weak Kurepa Hypothesis. In 1980, Todorčević and Abraham proved the existence of rigid Aronszajn trees and the consistency of MA + the negation of the continuum hypothesis + there exists a first countable S-space.
Awards and honours Todorčević is the winner of the first prize of the Balkan Mathematical Society for 1980 and 1982,Le 6ème Congrès Européen de Mathématiques Cracovie, 2 au 7 Juillet 2012 the 2012 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize in mathematical sciences,Stevo Todorcevic (Toronto) receives 2012 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize, Fields Institute, retrieved 2012-03-07. and the Shoenfield prize of the Association for Symbolic Logic for "outstanding expository writing in the field of logic" in 2013, for his book Introduction to Ramsey Spaces.Stevo Todorcevic receives 2013 Shoenfield Prize for a book, ASL, retrieved 2014-07-07 He was selected by the Association for Symbolic Logic as their 2016 Gödel Lecturer.The Twenty-seventh Annual Gödel Lecture 2016: Stevo Todorcevic
He became a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts as of 1991 and a full member of the academy in 2009.Membership, Serbian Academy, retrieved 2012-03-07. In 2016 Todorčević became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.Eight U of T science faculty join Royal Society of Canada as fellows
Todorčević has been described as "the greatest Serbian mathematician" since the time of Mihailo Petrović Alas.
Books Todorčević is the author of several books in mathematics, including:
(with Ilijas Farah)
(with Spiros A. Argyros)
See also Baumgartner's axiom Kechris–Pestov–Todorčević correspondence Open coloring axiom S and L spaces
References
Sources . RSC Fellowship Citation and Detailed Appraisal: Stevo Todorcevic
External links CRM Fields PIMS Prize Lecture: Prof. Stevo Todorcevic (photo album) CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize Lecture: Stevo Todorcevic (University of Toronto) Stevo Todorcevic at University of Toronto Stevo Todorcevic at Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu – Paris Rive Gauche Todorčević najcenjeniji (Todorčević most respected) Dispute over Infinity Divides Mathematicians by Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, November 26, 2013; contains some comments on choices of axioms for set theory Stevo Todorcevic at Institute for Advanced Study Prof. Todorčević Interview