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- From: f88-ali@nada.kth.se (Anders Lindstr÷m)
- Subject: Ramsey theory applications wanted!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.155750.9798@kth.se>
- Keywords: Ramsey
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- Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:57:50 GMT
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- * QUESTION:
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- Have you heard of any applications of Ramsey theory?
- If yes, which of the theorems are used, and which problems do they solve?
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- * BACKGROUND:
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- The reason for my interest is that I am preparing a lecture in Ramsey theory.
- To make the subject more interesting I need to give some examples of
- applications of the theory.
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- All I know about applications of Ramsey theory is that it could be used to
- build better communications networks, information transmission and retrieval systems. But how? Which are the questions Ramsey theory answers in these
- contexts?
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- The litterature I have come across so far are:
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- * 'Ramsey theory' by Graham, Rotschild and Spencer, Wiley 1990
- * Scientific American July 1990, 'Ramsey Theory' p.80-85, by Graham and
- Spencer
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- * MY EMAIL-ADDRESS:
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- Please send your answers to f88-ali@nada.kth.se
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- / Anders Lindstrom,
- student at The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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