Josh Cole
I am a fourth-year graduate student at the
University of Notre Dame studying computability theory with my advisor,
Peter Cholak. In particular, I am interested in mass problems.
Research
Mass Problems and Hyperarithmeticity (2006, with Simpson). Journal of Mathematical Logic. 7:2, 125-143.
Embedding FD(w) densely in P_s. (2007). Archive for Mathematical Logic. 46:7-8, 649-664.
Slides from my talk at the Eighth Annual Graduate Student Conference in Logic. April 2007.
Past Teaching:
Spring 2008: Taught a weekly seminar on set theory for undergraduate honors majors in mathematics based on Jech's Introduction to Set Theory.
Fall 2007: Teaching Assistant for three sections of 12560, the tutorial for Calculus II, and captain of the TA's for the course.
Summer 2007: Instructor for 10250: Elements of Calculus I.
Fall 2006: Teaching Assistant for two sections of 12550, Calculus II, and captain of the TA's for the course.
Spring 2005: Teaching Assistant for two sections of 22580, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations.
Activities:
Summer 2008: seminar on Robert Soare's Recursively Enumerable Sets and Degrees.
From fall 2005 - spring 2008 I represented the mathematics department on the Graduate Student Union Council at Notre Dame.
Philosophical Interests:
I am fascinated by ethics; currently I am reading Dietrich von Hildebrand's Ethics.
Contact Info
Joshua Cole
Department of Mathematics
255 Hurley Building
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618
Office phone: (574) 631-3221
Department phone: (574) 631-7245
Department fax: (574) 631-6579
jcole1 at nd.edu