By the end of March, submit to me a report in .pdf
format. This report will include:
- A short description of the contents of the paper by Erdős. If
it solved a problem, where did the problem come from and how long had
it been open? What are the proof techniques used here? Which of them
had been used before and which of them are novel? What is the
importance of this paper?
- A list of at least ten publications (papers and books) referring to the paper
by Erdős that is your starting point (if you cannot get this
many, then your choice of the starting point is unsatisfactory) and a list of publications
referring to these publications. These lists should be as complete as
possible; at the very least, they must contain all the information that you
can get from
- A critical evaluation of these papers and books. Which of these
references, if any, are just superficial and which of them rely on
the work of Erdős in a substantial way? How?
The ideal length of the report would be five to ten double-spaced pages,
excluding references.