Patrick Lutz

I am an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where I work on computability theory and descriptive set theory. Here is my CV.

Office: 2846 East Hall
Email: pglutz “at” umich.edu

BA: Mathematics, UC Berkeley, 2012-2016
PhD: Mathematics, UC Berkeley, 2016-2021

Research

Here is a list of research questions which I think are interesting.

Current projects (with slides)

Preprints

  1. Nonembeddings of combinatory algebras
    with Paul Shafer and Sebastiaan Terwijn
    [arXiv]
  2. A Borel graphable equivalence relation with no Borel graphing of diameter two
    [arXiv]
  3. Algorithmic information bounds for distances and orthogonal projections
    with Peter Cholak, Marianna Csörnyei, Neil Lutz, Elivra Mayordomo and D. M. Stull
    [arXiv]
  4. Ranking theories via encoded β-models
    with Hanul Jeon, Fedor Pakhomov and James Walsh
    [arXiv]
  5. A theory satisfying a strong version of Tennenbaum’s theorem
    with James Walsh
    [arXiv] [slides]
  6. The Solecki dichotomy and the Posner-Robinson theorem are almost equivalent
    [arXiv] [slides]
  7. A note on a conjecture of Sacks
    with Kojiro Higuchi
    [arXiv] [slides]

Papers

  1. Bounding the dimension of exceptional sets for orthogonal projections
    with Peter Cholak, Marianna Csörnyei, Neil Lutz, Elivra Mayordomo and D. M. Stull
    [arXiv]
  2. Borel graphable equivalence relations
    with Tyler Arant and Alexander Kechris
    [arXiv] [journal] [slides]
  3. Coding information into all infinite subsets of a dense set
    with Matthew Harrison-Trainor and Lu Liu
    [arXiv] [slides 1] [slides 2]
  4. Conway and Doyle can divide by three, but I can’t
    [arXiv] [journal] [slides]
  5. Formalizing Galois theory
    with Thomas Browning
    [arXiv] [journal] [slides]
  6. Part 1 of Martin’s conjecture for order preserving and measure preserving functions
    with Benjamin Siskind
    [arXiv] [journal] [slides]
  7. Martin’s conjecture for regressive functions on the hyperarithmetic degrees
    [arXiv] [journal]
  8. Incompleteness and jump hierarchies
    with James Walsh
    [arXiv] [journal]

Thesis

Other slides

Expository

Here are some expository documents I’ve written. I hope to add more soon someday.

Seminars

In Spring 2025, David Gonzalez and I organized a seminar on higher order reverse math.

Teaching

Current teaching: Math 412, Introduction to Modern Algebra

Past teaching: Here is a list of courses I’ve taught in the past.

Teaching materials: For two courses I taught at UCLA, I compiled handwritten notes:

Course websites: Here are websites I made for some of the courses I have taught.