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A sum-product theorem in function fields

Number Theory 2013-03-05 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let AA be a finite subset of \ffield\ffield, the field of Laurent series in 1/t1/t over a finite field Fq\mathbb{F}_q. We show that for any ϵ>0\epsilon>0 there exists a constant CC dependent only on ϵ\epsilon and qq such that max{A+A,AA}CA6/5ϵ\max\{|A+A|,|AA|\}\geq C |A|^{6/5-\epsilon}. In particular such a result is obtained for the rational function field Fq(t)\mathbb{F}_q(t). Identical results are also obtained for finite subsets of the pp-adic field Qp\mathbb{Q}_p for any prime pp.

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@article{arxiv.1211.5493,
  title  = {A sum-product theorem in function fields},
  author = {Thomas Bloom and Timothy G. F. Jones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.5493},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Simplification of argument and note that methods also work for the p-adics

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