18.226 | Fall 2022 | Graduate

Probabilistic Methods in Combinatorics

Lower Bounds to Ramsey Numbers

Application of the probabilistic method in combinatorics to Ramsey numbers. The alteration/deletion method. The Lovász local lemma.

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