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Neil Lyall

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Georgia




Research Interests:
Arithmetic Combinatorics and Harmonic Analysis

Current Graduate Students:  Alex Rice (expected graduation 2012)



 

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    Recent papers:


1. Improved bounds on Sarkozy's theorem for quadratic polynomials (with Mariah Hamel and Alex Rice)
submitted

2. A new proof of Sarkozy's theorem
to appear in the Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.

3. Polynomial differences in the primes (with Alex Rice)
submitted

4. Simultaneous polynomial recurrence (with Akos Magyar)
Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 43 (2011), no. 4, 765-785

5. Optimal polynomial recurrence (with Akos Magyar)
to appear in the Canad. J. Math.
      Here is an exposition of the special case of squares: An optimal version of Sarkozy's theorem

6. Arithmetic structure in sparse difference sets (with Mariah Hamel, Katherine Thompson and Nathan Walters)
J. Number Theory 130 (2010), 1581-1589

7. Polynomial configurations in difference sets (with Akos Magyar)
J. Number Theory 129 (2009), 439-450
      Here is an exposition of the special case of squares: Sarkozy's theorem

    The full collection: Preprints and expository notes






Currently Teaching:

Math 8410
Previous Class Pages

Research Experience for Undergraduates:

Structure and Randomness: An Invitation to Arithmetic Combinatorics (Summer 2010)

Ramsey Theory (Summer 2005)

Research Seminars and Conferences:
Seminar Schedule

Analysis and Arithmetic Combinatorics Seminar (2010-11)

Analysis and Additive Combinatorics Learning Seminar (2009-10)

VIGRE Research Group Geometric combinatorics, Arithmetic Combinatorics and Fourier analysis  (2008-09)

NSF FRG Analysis and Additive Combinatorics Working Group (Fall 2007)

NSF FRG Conference - New Developments in Harmonic Analysis (October 12-14, 2007)

Maths Links: Croot Laba Green Gowers Magyar Tao Wolf MathSciNet arXiv UGA UW Edinburgh AMS