{
  "id": "math/9309203",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1993-09-08T00:00:00.000Z",
  "updated": "1993-09-08T00:00:00.000Z",
  "title": "Ultrafilters: Where topological dynamics = algebra = combinatorics",
  "authors": [
    "Andreas Blass"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "math.LO"
  ],
  "abstract": "We survey some connections between topological dynamics, semigroups of ultrafilters, and combinatorics. As an application, we give a proof, based on ideas of Bergelson and Hindman, of the Hales-Jewett partition theorem.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1993-09-08T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "topological dynamics",
      "ultrafilters",
      "combinatorics",
      "hales-jewett partition theorem"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "1993math......9203B"
    }
  }
}