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Polymath paper published9 comments

gowers wrote 1 year ago: I’m glad to be able to report that “A new proof of the density Hales-Jewett theorem … more →

Tags: News

Some links3 comments

Terence Tao wrote 3 years ago: Michael Nielsen has posted a draft of his article “Introduction to the Polymath Project and “D … more →

Tags: Non-technical, polymath, Jordan Ellenberg, Michael Nielsen

DHJ Polymath paper accepted20 comments

Terence Tao wrote 3 years ago: Ordinarily, I only mention my research papers on this blog when they are first submitted, or if a ma … more →

Tags: Non-technical, Update, polymath

DHJ latest3 comments

gowers 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 →

Density Hales-Jewett and Moser numbers5 comments

Terence Tao wrote 3 years ago: I’ve just uploaded the D.H.J. Polymath article “Density Hales-Jewett and Moser numbers … more →

Tags: paper, math.CO

A new proof of the density Hales-Jewett theorem10 comments

Terence Tao wrote 3 years ago: The polymath1 project has just uploaded to the arXiv the paper “A new proof of the density Hal … more →

Tags: paper, math.CO, polymath, density Hales-Jewett theorem, Ryan O'Donnell

Miscellaneous matters1 comment

gowers wrote 3 years ago: Michael Nielsen and I have written an Opinion Piece for Nature about the Polymath project and relate … more →

Tags: Mathematics on the internet, Princeton Companion To Mathematics, News, polymath

DHJ: Writing the second paper III.24 comments

Terence Tao wrote 3 years ago: This is a continuation of the preceding two threads here on the polymath1 project, which are now ful … more →

Tags: math.CO, polymath

DHJ write-up and other matters11 comments

gowers wrote 3 years ago: This short post is in response to Jozsef Solymosi’s request for a new DHJ thread, since the pr … more →

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Picture of the 353-point Moser set (n=6)

Thomas Sauvaget wrote 4 years ago: Here is a picture of the 353-point Moser set for : … more →

Tags: mathematics

DHJ: Still writing the second paper104 comments

Terence Tao wrote 4 years ago: This is a continuation of the previous thread here in the polymath1 project, which is now full.  Ost … more →

Tags: math.CO, polymath

DHJ: Writing the second paper110 comments

Terence Tao wrote 4 years ago: Now that the quarter is nearing an end, I’m returning to the half of the polymath1 project hos … more →

Tags: math.HO, polymath

The Cap-Set Problem and Frankl-Rodl Theorem (C)

Gil Kalai 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 →

Tags: Combinatorics, Open problems, cap sets, Frankl-Rodl theorem

Around the Cap-Set problem (B)2 comments

Gil Kalai 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 →

Tags: Combinatorics, Open problems, Roth's theorem, cap sets

Update

Kareem Carr wrote 4 years ago: First, I should say that if anyone is wondering when I will return to the genetic algorithm solution … more →

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Polymath1 and three new proofs of the density Hales-Jewett theorem16 comments

Terence Tao wrote 4 years ago: This week I gave a talk at UCLA on some aspects of polymath1 project, and specifically on the three … more →

Tags: math.CO, polymath

DHJ(k): 1200-1299 (Density Hales-Jewett type numbers)91 comments

Terence Tao wrote 4 years ago: This is a continuation of the 1100-1199 thread of the polymath1 project, which is now full.  The foc … more →

Tags: math.CO, polymath

A gentle introduction to the Polymath project20 comments

Jason Dyer wrote 4 years ago: [This post is written for the non-mathematician. So if there's something that needs clarification, p … more →

Tags: Education, mathematics

An Open Discussion and Polls: Around Roth's Theorem24 comments

Gil Kalai wrote 4 years ago: Suppose that  is a subset of of maximum cardinality not containing an arithmetic progression of leng … more →

Tags: Combinatorics, Open Discussion, Open problems, cap sets, Roth's theorem, Szemeredi's theorem


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