Entropy Compression and the Lovasz Local Lemma
Speaker:
Mike Molloy, University of Toronto
Date and Time:
Monday, February 12, 2018 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 210
Abstract:
The Lovasz Local Lemma, a cornerstone of the probabilistic method, is a powerful and widely used proof technique. In 2009, Moser introduced a technique called entropy compression to provide efficient algorithms which construct objects that the Local Lemma guarantees to exist. Recently, entropy compression has been used to develop more powerful versions of the Local Lemma which provide existence proofs in settings where the original Local Lemma does not apply. I will illustrate this technique with applications to graph colouring.