Fred Galvin

Fred Galvin

Frederick William Galvin is a mathematician, currently a professor at the University of Kansas. His research interests include set theory and combinatorics.

His notable combinatorial work includes the proof of the Dinitz conjecture. In set theory, he proved with Andras Hajnal that if aleph_{omega_1} is a strong limit cardinal, then
2^{aleph_{omega_1
holds. The research on extending this result led Saharon Shelah to the invention of PCF theory. Galvin and Shelah also proved the square bracket partition relations aleph_1 ot o [aleph_1] ^2_4 and 2^{aleph_0} ot o [2^{aleph_0}] ^2_{aleph_0}. Galvin and Prikry proved that every Borel set is Ramsey.

Galvin received his Ph.D. in 1967 from the University of Minnesota.MathGenealogy|id=61007]

He invented doublemove chess.

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