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A structure theorem for sets of small popular doubling

Combinatorics 2015-06-02 v1

Abstract

In this paper we prove that every set AZA\subset\mathbb{Z} satisfying the inequality xmin(1A1A(x),t)(2+δ)tA\sum_{x}\min(1_A*1_A(x),t)\le(2+\delta)t|A| for tt and δ\delta in suitable ranges, then AA must be very close to an arithmetic progression. We use this result to improve the estimates of Green and Morris for the probability that a random subset ANA\subset\mathbb{N} satisfies N(A+A)k|\mathbb{N}\setminus(A+A)|\ge k; specifically we show that P(N(A+A)k)=Θ(2k/2)\mathbb{P}(|\mathbb{N}\setminus(A+A)|\ge k)=\Theta(2^{-k/2}).

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@article{arxiv.1506.00445,
  title  = {A structure theorem for sets of small popular doubling},
  author = {Przemysław Mazur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.00445},
  year   = {2015}
}
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