Ergodic Ramsey Theory: Or, A New New Newtonian Dynamics
Organizers
Speaker
Time
Monday, March 31, 2025 12:45 PM - 1:25 PM
Venue
A6-101
Online
Zoom 388 528 9728
(BIMSA)
Abstract
Two major intellectual developments, separated by almost a century, led eventually to the development of ergodic Ramsey theory from Newtonian dynamics. In this talk, we briefly explain these developments, spearheaded first by Poincaré and Birkhoff and later by Furstenberg. We also mention recent trends in ergodic Ramsey theory and related results of the speaker.
Speaker Intro
Andrew Best attained his PhD in 2021 from the Ohio State University under the supervision of Vitaly Bergelson, was a postdoc at BIMSA starting from 2021, and became an assistant professor at BIMSA in 2024. He works on ergodic theory and its interactions with number theory and additive combinatorics.