About the Author

David Marker is a professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His research includes model theory and its applications to real algebraic and analytic geometry, exponentiation, and differential algebra. Margit Messmer is a professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include mathematical logic and model theory. Anand Pillay is also a professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include model theory and applications to algebra, geometry and number theory.