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| | Topology Quasi-polynomial algorithms for telling if a knot is trivial Marc Lackenby announced a quasi-polynomial time algorithm to decide whether a given knot is the unknot! This is a big breakthrough. This question is known to be both in NP and in coNP. See this post, and updates there in the comment section. Topology seminar,...
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| | The Ramsey number $latex R(s, t)$ is the smallest $latex n$ such that every graph on $latex \geq n$ vertices either contains a clique of size $latex s$ or an independent set of size $latex t$. Ramsey's theorem implies that these numbers always exist, and determining them (precisely or asymptotically) has been a major challenge...
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| | Previously on this blog, we've covered two major kinds of algebraic objects: the vector space and the group. There are at least two more fundamental algebraic objects every mathematician should something know about. The first, and the focus of this primer, is the ring. The second, which we've mentioned briefly in passing on this blog, is the field. There are a few others important to the pure mathematician, such as the $ R$-module (here $ R$ is a ring).
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| Welcome to WordPress.com. After you read this, you should delete and write your own post, with a new title above. Or hit Add New on the left (of the admin dashboard) to start a fresh post. Here are some suggestions for your first post. You can find new ideas for what to blog about by...