Speaker: Neil Hindman, Howard University
Title: Partition Regularity of Matrices
Abstract: I will discuss the notions of Kernel Partition Regularity (characterized by Rado in 1932) and Image Partition Regularity, which was used by Deuber in 1973 to prove a famous conjecture of Rado's, but which was only characterized in 1993. Included will be simple consequences such as van der Waerden's Theorem on arithmetic progressions and the finite versions of the Finite Sums Theorem.
Time: Friday, February 24, 2012, 3:30-4:20 p.m.Place: Science and Technology Building I, Room 242
Refreshments will be served before the talk at 3:00 p.m. in Room 222.
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