Markov processes and Ramsey theory for trees

Hillel Furstenberg, Benjamin Weiss

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Abstract

We consider analogues of van der Waerden's theorem and Szemerédi's theorem, where arithmetic progressions are replaced by binary trees with a fixed distance between successive vertices. The proofs are based on some novel recurrence properties for Markov processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)547-563
Number of pages17
JournalCombinatorics Probability and Computing
Volume12
Issue number5-6 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2003
Externally publishedYes

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