Jacques Verstraete (Theory Seminar)

Recent Progress in Ramsey Theory

 

Jacques Verstraete (UC San Diego)
Monday, March 2nd, 2026, 2-3pm

Abstract:

In this talk I will discuss recent new approaches to the problem of determining various Ramsey numbers. The methods are a blend of extremal combinatorics, spectral theorems, finite geometry, and the probabilistic method.