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A counterexample to a strong variant of the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa conjecture

Combinatorics 2019-02-04 v1

Abstract

Let pp be a prime. One formulation of the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa conjecture over Fp\mathbb{F}_p can be stated as follows. If ϕ:FpnFpN\phi : \mathbb{F}_p^n \rightarrow \mathbb{F}_p^N is a function such that ϕ(x+y)ϕ(x)ϕ(y)\phi(x+y) - \phi(x) - \phi(y) takes values in some set SS, then there is a linear map ϕ~:FpnFpN\tilde{\phi} : \mathbb{F}_p^n \rightarrow \mathbb{F}_p^N with the property that ϕϕ~\phi - \tilde{\phi} takes at most SO(1)|S|^{O(1)} values. A strong variant of this conjecture states that, in fact, there is a linear map ϕ~\tilde{\phi} such that ϕϕ~\phi - \tilde{\phi} takes values in tStS for some constant tt. In this note, we discuss a counterexample to this conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1902.00353,
  title  = {A counterexample to a strong variant of the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa conjecture},
  author = {James Aaronson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.00353},
  year   = {2019}
}

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