From combinatorics to ergodic theory and back again

International Congress of Mathematicians, ICM 2006

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 57-76

  Kra, Bryna ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic progressions; Multiple ergodic theorem; Multiple recurrence; Nilsystems

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS; COMBINATORICS; ERGODIC THEOREM; ERGODIC THEORY; ERGODICS; MULTIPLE RECURRENCE; NILPOTENT GROUPS; NILSYSTEMS;

THEOREM PROVING;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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