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Random Martingales and localization of maximal inequalities6 comments

Terence Tao wrote 3 weeks ago: Assaf Naor and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “Random Martingales and localizatio … more →

Tags: math.CA, paper, Assaf Naor, Hardy-Littlewood maximal inequality, padded trees, ultrametric spaces

A finitary version of Gromov's polynomial growth theorem2 comments

Terence Tao wrote 2 months ago: Yehuda Shalom and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “A finitary version of Gromov … more →

Tags: paper, math.GR, Gromov's theorem, bruce kleiner, yehuda shalom

Two more Clay-Mahler lectures7 comments

Terence Tao wrote 3 months ago: I am posting the last two talks in my Clay-Mahler lecture series here: “Structure and randomne … more →

Tags: math.AP, math.NT, talk, Travel, Clay-Mahler lectures

The Szemerédi-Trotter theorem and the cell decomposition10 comments

Terence Tao wrote 6 months ago: The celebrated Szemerédi-Trotter theorem gives a bound for the set of incidences between a fi … more →

Tags: Expository, math.CO, cell decomposition, probabilistic method, Szemeredi-Trotter theorem

Talagrand's concentration inequality21 comments

Terence Tao wrote 6 months ago: In the theory of discrete random matrices (e.g. matrices whose entries are random signs ), one often … more →

Tags: Expository, math.PR, convexity, large deviation inequality, random matrices, Talagrand's inequality

245C, Notes 5: Hausdorff dimension (optional)11 comments

Terence Tao wrote 7 months ago: (This is the last set of lecture notes for this quarter – T.) A fundamental characteristic of … more →

Tags: 245C - Real analysis, math.CA, Frostman measure, geometric measure theory, hausdorff dimension, Minkowski dimension

linear geometry@Gruenberg

Yaqiao Li wrote 7 months ago: 科大老师推荐看。包括射影几何等等。 … more →

Tags: mathematics, to_read-1

245B, Notes 9: The Baire category theorem and its Banach space consequences19 comments

Terence Tao wrote 11 months ago: The notion of what it means for a subset E of a space X to be “small” varies from contex … more →

Tags: math.FA, math.GN, 245B - Real analysis, Baire category theorem, Open Mapping Theorem, closed graph theorem, uniform boundedness principle, non-complemented subspace

245B, Notes 8: A quick review of point set topology20 comments

Terence Tao wrote 11 months ago: To progress further in our study of function spaces, we will need to develop the standard theory of … more →

Tags: math.GN, 245B - Real analysis, compactness, Point-Set Topology, metric spaces, Hausdorff space, continuity, Nets

A remark on the Kakeya needle problem15 comments

Terence Tao wrote 12 months ago: In 1917, Soichi Kakeya posed the following problem: Kakeya needle problem. What is the least amount … more →

Tags: math.CA, Question, Kakeya conjecture, Kakeya needle problem

254A, Lecture 6: Isometric systems and isometric extensions35 comments

Terence Tao wrote 1 year ago: In this lecture, we move away from recurrence, and instead focus on the structure of topological dyn … more →

Tags: 254A - ergodic theory, math.AT, math.DS, math.GR, Isometric extensions, Kronecker factor, polynomial sequences, Ratner's theorem, Structure

PCM article: Differential forms16 comments

Terence Tao wrote 2 years ago: I’m continuing my series of articles for the Princeton Companion to Mathematics through the ho … more →

Tags: Companion, math.CO, math.GT, De Rham cohomology, differential forms, Doron Zeilberger, enumerative combinatoric, several variable calculus

The Hahn-Banach theorem, Menger's theorem, and Helly's theorem13 comments

Terence Tao wrote 2 years ago: In the previous post, I discussed how an induction on dimension approach could establish Hilbert … more →

Tags: Expository, math.CO, math.FA, Hahn-Banach theorem, Helly's theorem, Linear Programming, Menger's theorem, minimax theorem, separation theorem

Unipotent elements of the Lorentz group, and conic sections8 comments

Terence Tao wrote 2 years ago: In my discussion of the Oppenheim conjecture in my recent post on Ratner’s theorems, I mention … more →

Tags: Expository, math.RA, Conic Sections, Linear Algebra, Lorentz group, null rotations, polynomial growth, unipotent matrices

Open question: deterministic UUP matrices17 comments

Terence Tao wrote 2 years ago: This problem in compressed sensing is an example of a derandomisation problem: take an object which, … more →

Tags: math.NA, Question, compressed sensing, derandomisation, random matrices, RIP, UUP

A quantitative form of the Besicovitch projection theorem via multiscale analysis

Terence Tao wrote 2 years ago: I’ve just uploaded a new paper to the arXiv entitled “A quantitative form of the Besicov … more →

Tags: math.CA, paper, Besicovitch projection theorem, Favard length, geometric measure theory, hard analysis

Distinguished Lecture Series II: Shing-Tung Yau, "The Basic Tools to Construct Geometric Structures"6 comments

Terence Tao wrote 2 years ago: On Thursday, Yau continued his lecture series on geometric structures, focusing a bit more on the to … more →

Tags: DLS, math.GT, math.MP, General Relativity, gluing, mirror symmetry, Shing-Tung Yau, string theory, symmetric spaces

Distinguished Lecture Series I: Shing-Tung Yau, "What is a Geometric Structure"11 comments

Terence Tao wrote 2 years ago: The final Distinguished Lecture Series for this academic year at UCLA was started on Tuesday by Shin … more →

Tags: DLS, math.AP, math.CV, math.DG, math.MP, deformation theory, Einstein equations, geometric structure, Git

(Gil Kalai) The weak epsilon-net problem12 comments

Gil Kalai wrote 2 years ago: [This post is authored by Gil Kalai, who has kindly “guest blogged” this week’s “open problem of the … more →

Tags: guest blog, Question, convex geometry, Entropy, epsilon-net, Gil Kalai