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A large gap in a dilate of a set

Number Theory 2020-05-01 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let AFpA \subset \mathbb{F}_p with A>1|A| > 1. We show there is a dFp×d \in \mathbb{F}_p^{\times} such that dAd \cdot A contains a gap of size at least 2p/A22p/ |A| - 2 .

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@article{arxiv.2004.14828,
  title  = {A large gap in a dilate of a set},
  author = {George Shakan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.14828},
  year   = {2020}
}

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3 pages

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