The Hales-Jewett Theorem and Applications

Models of PAWednesday, October 8, 20144:50 pmGC 6300

Kerry Ojakian

The Hales-Jewett Theorem and Applications

Bronx Community College

The Hales-Jewett Theorem has applications in Ramsey Theory, and is also used to prove properties about lattices of elementary substructures. We will prove the Hales-Jewett Theorem and discuss applications.

Kerry Ojakian is a professor of mathematics at the City University of New York (Bronx Community College). He conducts research in logic and combinatorics.

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