Theoretical Computer Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Jagiellonian University
 
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Pawel M. Idziak

professor

phone: (+48-12) 664 67 84
fax: (+48-12) 664 69 13
email: email
office: ul. Gronostajowa 3, 30-387 Krakow
room: 115
office hours: Wednesday 14:30 - 16:00

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research interests
algorithms
computational complexity
cryptography
algebra
logic
finite model theory

selected publications
  • Paweł M. Idziak, Petar Marković, Ralph McKenzie, Matthew A. Valeriote and Ross Willard,
    Tractability and learnabilty arising from algebras with few subpowers,
    Proc. 22 IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, 2007, pp. 213-222.
  • Joel Berman, Paweł M. Idziak, Petar Marković, Ralph McKenzie, Matthew A. Valeriote and Ross Willard,
    Varieties with few subalgebras of powers,
    manuscript
  • Paweł M. Idziak, Katarzyna Słomczyńska and Andrzej Wroński,
    Equivalential algebras: A study of Fregean Varieties,
    manuscript
  • Paweł M. Idziak, Ralph McKenzie and Matthew A. Valeriote,
    The structure of locally finite varieties with polynomially many models,
    manuscript
  • Paweł M. Idziak, Keith A. Kearnes, Emil W. Kiss and Matthew A. Valeriote,
    Definable principal congruences and solvability,
    to appear in: Annals of Pure and Applied Logic
  • Joel Berman and Paweł M. Idziak,
    Generative Complexity in Algebra,
    Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 175(2005), no.828.
  • Paweł M.Idziak,
    Classification in finite model theory: counting finite algebras,
    Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Structural Theory of Automata, Semigroups, and Universal Algebra, NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol.207(2005), 149-158.
  • Erhard Aichinger and Paweł M. Idziak,
    Polynomial interpolation in extended groups,
    Journal of Algebra, 271(2004), 65-107
  • Andrei Bulatov and Paweł M. Idziak,
    Number of Malcev clones on small sets,
    Discrete Mathematics, 268(2003), 59-80
  • Paweł M. Idziak and Ralph McKenzie,
    Varieties with polynomially many models, I,
    Fundamenta Mathematicae, 170(2001), 53-68
  • Paweł M. Idziak and Matthew A.Valeriote,
    A property of the solvable radical in finitely decidable varieties,
    Fundamenta Mathematicae, 170(2001), 69--86
  • David M. Clark, Paweł M. Idziak, Lousidini Sabourin, Csaba Szabó and Ross Willard,
    Natural dualities for quasivarieties generated by a finite commutative ring,
    Algebra Universalis, 46(2001), 285-320
  • Paweł M. Idziak and Katarzyna Slomczyńska,
    Polynomially rich algebras,
    Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 156(2001), 33-68
  • Brian A. Davey, Pawel M. Idziak, William A. Lampe and George F. McNulty,
    Dualizability and graph algebras,
    Discrete Math., 214(2000), 145-172
  • Joel Berman and Pawel M. Idziak,
    Counting finite algebras in the Post varieties,
    International Journal of Algebra and Computation, 10(2000), 323-337
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Clones with Malcev operations,
    International Journal of Algebra and Computation, 9(1999), 213-226
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Decidability and structure,
    Logic, Algebra, Computer Science, Banach Center Publications, vol.46 (1999), 125-135
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Duality via sheaves,
    in: J.V. de Carvalho and I.Ferreirim, eds., Dualities, Interpretability and Ordered Structures, Centro de Algebra, Lisbon, 1999, pp.9-20
  • Pawel M. Idziak and Jerzy Tyszkiewicz,
    Monadic second order probabilities in algebra.
    Directly representable varieties and groups,
    in: Logic and Random Structures, R.B.Boppana, J.F.Lynch, (eds),
    DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Amer. Math. Soc., 33 (1997), 79-107
  • Pawel M. Idziak, Katarzyna Slomczynska and Andrzej Wronski,
    Equivalential algebras: A study of Fregean Varieties,
    manuscript 1997, 98pp.
    abstract can be found in: Proc. Workshop on Abstract Algebraic Logic,
    CRM Barcelona, Spain, July 1-5, 1997, pp.95-100.
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    A characterization of finitely decidable congruence modular varieties,
    Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 349(1997), 903-934
  • Pawel M. Idziak and Andrzej Wronski,
    Definability of principal congruences in equivalential algebras,
    Colloquium Mathematicum, 74(1997), 225-238
  • Stanley Burris and Pawel M. Idziak,
    A directly representable variety has a discrete first-order law,
    International Journal of Algebra and Computation, 6(1996), 269-276
  • Tomasz Gorazd and Pawel M. Idziak,
    The isomorphism problem for varieties generated by a two element algebra,
    Algebra Universalis, 34(1995), 430-439
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Elementary theory of finite equivalential algebras,
    Reports on Mathematical Logic, 25(1991), 81--89
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Sheaaves in universal algebra and model theory, Part II,
    Reports on Mathematical Logic, 24(1990), 61--86
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Sheaves in universal algebra and model theory, Part I,
    Reports on Mathematical Logic, 23(1989), 39--65
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Elementary theory of free Heyting algebras,
    Reports on Mathematical Logic, 23(1989), 71--73
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Varieties with decidable finite algebras II: Permutability,
    Algebra Universalis, 26(1989), 247--256
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Varieties with decidable finite algebras I: Linearity,
    Algebra Universalis, 26(1989), 234--246
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Decision problem for finite algebras from arithmetical varieties with equationally definable principal congruences,
    Algebra Universalis, 26(1989), 33--47
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Reduced sub-powers and the decision problem for finite algebras from arithmetical varieties,
    Algebra Universalis, 25(1988), 365--383
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Undecidability of relatively free Hilbert algebras,
    Algebra Universalis, 25(1988), 17--26
  • Pawel M. Idziak,
    Decision problem for relatively free Brouwerian semilattices,
    Reports on Mathematical Logic, 22(1988), 39--50
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    Decidability problem for finite Heyting algebras,
    Journal of Symbolic Logic, 53(1988), 729--735
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    Undecidability of pseudo-complemented semilattices,
    Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, 23(1987), 559--564
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    Undecidability of free pseudo-complemented distributive lattices,
    Reports on Mathematical Logic, 21(1987), 97--100
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    Generalized complex algebras and regular identities,
    Bulletin of the Section of Logic Pol. Acad. Sci., 14(1985), 84--90.
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    Filters and congruence relations in BCK-semilattices,
    Mathematica Japonica, 29(1984), 975--980
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    Some theorems about BCK-semilattices,
    Mathematica Japonica, 29(1984), 919--921
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    Lattice operations in BCK-algebras,
    Mathematica Japonica, 29(1984), 839--846
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    On varieties of BCK-algebras,
    Mathematica Japonica, 28(1983), 157--162
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    A finite base for the consequence operation determined by the ring Zp in the language without constants,
    Bulletin of the Section of Logic Pol. Acad. Sci., 12(1983), 76--82.
  • Paweł M. Idziak,
    A minimal equational base for certain varieties of BCK-algebras,
    Bulletin of the Section of Logic Pol. Acad. Sci., 10(1981), 152--157.

  • some recent collaborators 
    Petar Marković University of Novi Sad, Serbia
    Csaba Szabó Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
    Erhard AichingerJohannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
    Joel BermanUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, USA
    Ralph McKenzieVanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    Matthew A. ValerioteMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    short cv
    1980M.S. (mathematics)Jagiellonian UniversityKrakow, Poland
    1984PhDJagiellonian UniversityKrakow, Poland
    1986-7PostdocHiroshima UniversityHiroshima, Japan
    1990Dr. habil.Jagiellonian UniversityKrakow, Poland
    1991visiting scholarMcMaster UniversityHamilton, ON, Canada
    1993-4Fulbright Senior ScholarUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA, USA
    1994visiting professorWaterloo UniversityWaterloo, ON, Canada
    1996visiting researcherThe Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical SciencesToronto, ON, Canada
    1997visiting researcherVanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN, USA
    1999visiting researcherUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, IL, USA
    2000visiting researcherVanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN, USA
    2001visiting researcherJapan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyIshikawa, Japan
    2001 -Professor of Mathematics
    and Computer Science
    Jagiellonian UniversityKrakow, Poland
    2002visiting researcherVanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN, USA
    2003visiting researcherUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, IL, USA
    2004visiting researcherVanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN, USA
    2005visiting researcherVanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN, USA
    2006visiting researcherMcMaster UniversityHamilton, ON, Canada
     
     
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