Basics of Ramsey theory. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Veselin Jungić.
• Authors: Jungić, Veselin
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Pioneers and Trailblazers. 1.1. Complete Disorder is Impossible. 1.2 Paul Erdős. 1.3. Frank Plumpton Ramsey. 1.4 Ramsey Theory. 2. Ramsey’s Theorem. 2.1. The Pigeonhole Principle. 2.2. Acquaintances and Strangers. 2.3. Ramsey’s Theorem for Graphs. 2.4. Ramsey’s Theorem: Infinite Case. 2.5. Ramsey’s Theorem: General Case. 2.6. Exercises. 3. van der Waerden’s Theorem. 3.1. Bartel van der Waerden. 3.2. van der Waerden’s Theorem: 3–Term Arithmetic Progressions. 3.3. Proof of van der Waerden’s Theorem. 3.4. van der Waerden’s Theorem: How Far and Where? 3.5. van der Waerden’s Theorem: Some Related Questions. 3.6. Exercises. 4. Schur’s Theorem and Rado’s Theorem. 4.1 Issai Schur. 4.2. Schur’s Theorem. 4.3. Richard Rado. 4.4 Rado’s Theorem. 4.5. Exercises. 5. The Hales–Jewett Theorem. 5.1. Combinatorial Lines. 5.2. Generalized Tic–Tac–Toe Game. 5.3. The Hales–Jewett Theorem. 5.4. Exercises. 6. Happy End Problem. 6.1. The Happy End Problem: Triangles, Quadrilaterals, and Pentagons. 6.2. The Happy End Problem – General Case. 6.3. Erdős–Szekeres’ Upper and Lower Bounds. 6.4. Progress on the Conjecture OF Erdős and Szekeres. 6.5. Exercises. 7. Solutions.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages), illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 511.5; Ramsey theory
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000884739; 9781000884647
• Related ISBNs: 9781032260372
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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