Continuous homomorphisms on βℕ and Ramsey Theory

New York Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2000, Pages 73-86

  Davenport, Dennis ^a   Hindman, Neil ^b   Leader, Imre ^c   Strauss, Dona ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous homomorphism; Ramsey Theory; Stone ech compactification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042542103     PISSN: 10769803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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