Ronald L. Graham

Professor of Mathematics, University of California
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS-UBC Distinguished Lecture: Ron Graham (UCSD)
December 3, 2010
University of British Columbia
A major branch of modern combinatorics, usually called Ramsey theory, studies properties of structures which are preserved under partitions. Its guiding philosophy can be neatly summarized by the statement, "Complete disorder is impossible". In this...