On some recent applications of the polynomial method

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• Peter Pach (University of Warwick)
• Tuesday 31 October 2017, 15:00-16:00
• Watson LTA.

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In this talk we will look at a new variant of the polynomial method which was first used to prove that sets avoiding 3-term arithmetic progressions in groups like Z_4ⁿ and F_qⁿ are exponentially small (compared to the size of the group). Since then many interesting applications of this method were shown, for instance, the solution of the Erdős-Szemerédi sunflower conjecture, tight bound for Green’s arithmetic triangle removal lemma and growth rate of tri-colored sumfree sets. Finally, I will also mention some open problems.

This talk is part of the Combinatorics and Probability seminar series.

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