Overview
- Explores Ramsey theory’s history, recent developments, and some promising future directions through invited surveys written by prominent researchers in the field Provides historical background on the subject Addresses Euclidean Ramsey theory and related coloring problems Open problems are posed throughout the volume and in the concluding open problem chapter
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Progress in Mathematics (PM, volume 285)
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“As we learn from the preface, [Ramsey Theory: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow] grew out of an intentionally non-traditional conference on Ramsey theory. In accordance with that, the book itself is far from being a traditional textbook or reference book on the subject…We learn far more about the history of Ramsey theory than from other sources…the promise of discussing the future is fulfilled by a very extensive list of open problems contributed by numerous participants. Sometimes it is not even clear what the best way of asking a certain question is, and we are shown the raw form of the problem, just as we would if we participated at a conference…the book is undoubtedly a lot of fun. As one expects from a book on Ramsey theory, it is full of problems that are very easy to formulate, but terribly hard to solve…[the book] could well be used for a course using a seminar format, or for self-study by a graduate student familiarizing himself with the subject.” —MAA Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Alexander Soifer is a Russian born and educated American mathematician, a professor of mathematics at the University of Colorado, an author of some 200 articles on mathematics, history of mathematics, mathematics education, film reviews, etc. He is Senior Vice President of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions, which in 2006 awarded him The Paul Erdos Award. 26 years ago Soifer founded and has since chaired the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad, and served on both the USSR and USA Mathematical Olympiads committees. Soifer's Erdos number is 1.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ramsey Theory
Book Subtitle: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Editors: Alexander Soifer
Series Title: Progress in Mathematics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-8092-3
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Boston 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-8091-6Published: 05 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8176-8092-3Published: 29 October 2010
Series ISSN: 0743-1643
Series E-ISSN: 2296-505X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 190
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations
Topics: Combinatorics, Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory, Convex and Discrete Geometry