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Professor of Math

Colgate University
Department of Mathematics
Hamilton, NY 13346
+1 315.228.7227


Does research in combinatorics, specifically Ramsey theory.

work details

		
Undergrad work at U of Michigan
Grad work at Temple U
Joined Colgate U in July 1999
Tenured at age 33
Full professor by age 40

personal details

		
Born at the age of 0 on 11/8/1971
Grew up mainly in Midland, Michigan
Mother: Pearl, Father: Doug
Brother: Jason
Married Elisa Earnest on Oct 1998
Son Quinn Erik born Oct 2000
Daughter Ava Jae born Feb 2003

sites i visit

  • Integers
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  • El. J. Comb.
  • CNN
  • Fox News
  • Fact Check
  • Combinatorics Net
  • Erdős' papers
  • Graham's papers
  • Zeilberger's page
publications
Ramsey Theory
Bruce Landman and I have written a book, Ramsey Theory on the Integers. We are currently working on a second edition. More info is available at:
  • AMS (publisher)
  • Amazon.com
  • MAA (review)
Integers
I am the associate managing editor for the journal INTEGERS, which publishes research papers in combinatorial number theory, as popularized by Paul Erdős.
  • Integers

Publications

All articles ©1998-2012

  • Submitted/To Appear
    • A Probabilistic Threshold for Monochromatic Arithmetic Progressions

  • 2011
    • Van der Waerden's Theorem and Avoidability in Words
          (with Yu-Hin Au and Jeffrey Shallit), Integers 11, #7.

  • 2010
    • Multiplicity of Monochromatic Solutions to X+Y < Z
          (with Wojciech Kosek, Dusty Sabo, and Daniel Schaal), JCTA 117 (8), 1127-1135.

  • 2009
    • Combinatorial Number Theory
          (co-edited with Bruce Landman, Mel Nathanson, Jaroslav Nesetril, Richard
          Nowakowski, and Carl Pomerance), de Gruyter, Proceedings in Mathematics.

  • 2008
    • Bounds on Some van der Waerden Numbers
          (with Tom Brown and Bruce Landman), JCTA 115 (7), 1304-1309.
    • Some Two Color, Four Variable Rado Numbers
          (with Kellen Myers), Adv. Applied Math 41 (2), 214-226.
    • On the Asymptotic Minimum Number of Monochromatic 3-Term APs
          (with Pablo Parrilo and Dan Saracino), JCTA 115 (1), 185-192.

  • 2007
    • Avoiding Monochromatic Sequences with Special Gaps
          (with Bruce Landman), SIAM J. Disc. Math. 21 (3), 794-801.
    • A Method for Quantifying Rotational Symmetry
          (with Frank Frey and Michael Bukoski), New Phytologist 175 (4), 785-791.
          Note: This is an ecology paper and not a combinatorics paper.
    • Two Color Off-diagonal Rado-type Numbers
          (with Kellen Myers), El. J. of Comb. 14(1), R53.
    • On Monochromatic Ascending Waves
          (with Tim LeSaulnier), in Combinatorial Number Theory, de Gruyter
          Proceedings in Mathematics Series.
    • Refined Restricted Involutions
          (with Emeric Deutsch and Dan Saracino), European J. of Comb. 28, 481-498.

  • 2006
    • On the Degree of Regularity of Generalized van der Waerden Triples
          (with Nikos Frantzikinakis and Bruce Landman), Adv. Applied Math 37, 124-128.

  • 2005
    • Some New Exact van der Waerden Numbers
          (with Bruce Landman and Clay Culver), Integers 5(2), A10.

  • 2004
    • Restricted Permutations from Catalan to Fine and Back
          Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire 50, B50g.

  • 2003
    • Ramsey Theory on the Integers
          (with Bruce Landman),American Mathematical Society, STML 24.

  • 2002
    • Refined Restricted Permutations
          (with Dan Saracino and Doron Zeilberger), Annals of Comb. 6, 427-444.
    • Refined Restricted Permutations Avoiding Subsets of Patterns of Length 3
          (with Toufik Mansour), Annals of Comb. 6, 407-418.
    • On Generalized Van der Waerden Triples
          (with Bruce Landman), Disc. Math 256, 279-290.
    • New Lower Bound Formulas for Some Multicolored Ramsey Numbers
          El. J. of Comb. 9(1), R13.

  • 2001
    • Permutations Restricted by Two Distinct Patterns of Length Three
          Adv. in Applied Math 27, 548-561.
    • Off-Diagonal Generalized Schur Numbers
          (with Dan Schaal), Adv. in Applied Math 26 (3), 252-257.

  • 2000
    • Difference Ramsey Numbers and Issai Numbers
          Adv. in Applied Math , 25 (2), 153-162.

  • 1999
    • Permutation Patterns and Continued Fractions
          (with Herb Wilf and Doron Zeilberger), El. J. of Comb. 6 (1), R38.
    • Permutations Containing and Avoiding 123 and 132 Patterns
          Disc. Math and Theoretical Comp. Sci. 3, 151-154.
    • New Lower Bounds for Some Multicolored Ramsey Numbers
          El. J. of Comb. 6 (1), R3.

  • 1998
    • A 2-Coloring of [1,N] Can Have N^2/22 + O(N) Monochromatic Schur
          Triples, But Not Less
          (with Doron Zeilberger) El. J. of Comb. 5 (1), R19.

  • 1993
    • Review of Social Security Financing and Related Matters
          (with Cecil J. Nesbitt and Felicity Messner) ARCH 1993.1, 249-282.

         
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teaching

Spring 2013

In addition to the classes below, I am the Women's Ice Hockey Faculty Liaison, am currently in charge of booking entertainment for Colgate's Donovan's Pub, and am a member of the Board of Education for the Hamilton school district.

											

Introduction to Statistics

  • syllabus

Mathematical Problem Solving

  • syllabus



											
Office Hours and Class Schedule

course i have taught

  • Intro to Statistics (102)
  • Calculus I (111)
  • Calculus II (112)
  • Calculus III (113)
  • Combinatorics (310)
  • Probability (316)
  • Prob. and Stats II (317)
  • Real Analysis (323)
  • Geometry (327)
  • Problem Solving (399)
  • Ramsey Theory (480)

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dangerboy

dangerboy is:

An alternative/nerd rock/pop band with 3 members who share one brain.
  • aaron plays guitar and sings
  • frank plays bass and does backing vocals
  • scott plays drums and does backing vocals
  • We put the gerbo in dangerboy

some songs

  • She Falls Apart (demo)

  • Use Me Like You Used The Others (demo)

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computer programs

Below are links to all of the Maple and Fortran packages referenced in my papers.

  • RADONUMBERS: a zip file of a C++ program that accompanies Some Two Color, Four Variable Rado Numbers. It was written by Kellen Myers and Joseph Parrish. It determines, given k and j, the minimum integer N such that any 2-coloring of [1,N] admits a monochromatic solution to x+y+kz=jw.

  • FVR: is a (very short) Maple package that accompanies Some Two Color, Four Variable Rado Numbers. It determines, given a 2-coloring, those values of k for which x+y+kz=(k+c)w has a monochromatic solutions (when c is given).

  • PABLO: is a Maple package that accompanies On the Asymptotic Minimum Number of Monochromatic 3-Term Arithmetic Progressions. It verifies the lower bounds given in the article.

  • SCHAAL: is a Maple package that accompanies Two Color Off-diagonal Rado-type numbers. It determines bounds for the Rado numbers of certain linear homogeneous equations.

  • AB.f: is a Fortran77 program that accompanies the article On the Degree of Regularity of Generalized van der Waerden Triples In particular, it proves that the degree of regularity of (2,2) is not 1, 2, or infinity.

  • AARON: AARON is a Maple package written by Doron Zeilberger with additions by me. It accompanies the article Refined Restricted Permutations. One use is the enumeration, for small n, of the set of permutations in Sn with k fixed points which contain r instances of a given pattern of length 3.

  • DIFFSEQ.f: DIFFSEQ.f is a Fortran program which accompanies the article Avoiding Monochromatic Sequences With Special Gaps. It will calculate f(S,k;2) for many small values of k and an inputted set S.

  • VDW.f: VDW.f is a Fortran program which accompanies the article On Generalized Van der Waerden Triples. It will calculate N(a,b;2) for many small values of a and b by a recursive search similar to that used in DF.f.

  • AUTOISSAI: AUTOISSAI is a Maple package which accompanies the article Off-diagonal Generalized Schur Numbers. It was used to help determine the exact values of these numbers, and is another step towards automated theorem proving.

  • MIKLOS: MIKLOS is a Maple package accompanying the article Permutation Patterns and Continued Fraction. It will find, quite quickly thanks to Herb Wilf, the generating functions for the number of permutations with either 0 or 1 (132)-patterns and a prescribed number of (123)-patterns.

  • DF.f,
    DF3.f, and
    ISSAI: DF.f (and its 3-colored cousin DF3.f) is a Fortran program which finds the maximal Difference Ramsey number. ISSAI is a small Maple package for finding lower bounds and exact values for the newly defined Issai Numbers, also called Off-diagonal Generalized Schur Numbers. These programs accompany the article Difference Ramsey Numbers and Issai Numbers.

  • RES: RES is a Maple package accompanying the article New Lower Bounds for Some Multicolored Ramsey Numbers. By mating the finite field method of Greenwood and Gleason with today's computing power, we are able to find good bounds for some large Ramsey numbers.

  • RON,
    GENRON, and
    SCHUR : RON is a Maple package accompanying the article A 2-Coloring of [1,N] Can Have N^2/22 + O(N) Monochromatic Schur Triples, But Not Less!. It will find the number of Schur Triples (asymptotically) of any coloring you enter, along with many other useful tools to attact this problem posed by Ron Graham. GENRON is a Maple package which performs the same tasks as RON, except that we are trying to find the minimum number of monochromatic solutions of x+ay=z (if a=1 then we are counting Schur triples). This extension was posed to me by Ron Graham.

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