I’m glad to be able to report that “A new proof of the density Hales-Jewett theorem” has recently appeared in Annals of Mathematics. Unfortunately it’s behind a paywall, but yo… more →
Gowers's Weblogwrote 1 year ago: I’m glad to be able to report that “A new proof of the density Hales-Jewett theorem … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Michael Nielsen has posted a draft of his article “Introduction to the Polymath Project and “D … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Ordinarily, I only mention my research papers on this blog when they are first submitted, or if a ma … more →
wrote 3 years ago: A quick post to say that earlier today I put a new version of the write-up of Polymath1′s proo … more →
wrote 3 years ago: I’ve just uploaded the D.H.J. Polymath article “Density Hales-Jewett and Moser numbers … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The polymath1 project has just uploaded to the arXiv the paper “A new proof of the density Hal … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Michael Nielsen and I have written an Opinion Piece for Nature about the Polymath project and relate … more →
wrote 3 years ago: This is a continuation of the preceding two threads here on the polymath1 project, which are now ful … more →
wrote 3 years ago: This short post is in response to Jozsef Solymosi’s request for a new DHJ thread, since the pr … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Here is a picture of the 353-point Moser set for : … more →
wrote 4 years ago: This is a continuation of the previous thread here in the polymath1 project, which is now full. Ost … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Now that the quarter is nearing an end, I’m returning to the half of the polymath1 project hos … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Update: This is a third of three posts (part I, part II) proposing some extensions of the cap set pr … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Part B: Finding special cap sets This is a second part in a 3-part series about variations on the ca … more →
wrote 4 years ago: First, I should say that if anyone is wondering when I will return to the genetic algorithm solution … more →
wrote 4 years ago: This week I gave a talk at UCLA on some aspects of polymath1 project, and specifically on the three … more →
wrote 4 years ago: This is a continuation of the 1100-1199 thread of the polymath1 project, which is now full. The foc … more →
wrote 4 years ago: [This post is written for the non-mathematician. So if there's something that needs clarification, p … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Suppose that is a subset of of maximum cardinality not containing an arithmetic progression of leng … more →