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A history of central sets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2018

NEIL HINDMAN
NEIL HINDMAN*
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Department of Mathematics, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA email nhindman@aol.com
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Abstract

We survey results about, and results using, central sets since their introduction in 1981.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 2020 , pp. 1 - 33
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© Cambridge University Press, 2018 

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