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A simple proof of the density Hales-Jewett theorem

Combinatorics 2014-10-23 v2

Abstract

We give a purely combinatorial proof of the density Hales--Jewett Theorem that is modeled after Polymath's proof but is significantly simpler. In particular, we avoid the use of the equal-slices measure and work exclusively with the uniform measure.

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@article{arxiv.1209.4986,
  title  = {A simple proof of the density Hales-Jewett theorem},
  author = {Pandelis Dodos and Vassilis Kanellopoulos and Konstantinos Tyros},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.4986},
  year   = {2014}
}

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12 pages, no figures; International Mathematics Research Notices, to appear