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Additive decompositions of large multiplicative subgroups in finite fields

Number Theory 2024-05-10 v3

Abstract

We show that a large multiplicative subgroup of a finite field Fq\mathbb{F}_q cannot be decomposed into A+AA+A or A+B+CA+B+C nontrivially. We also find new families of multiplicative subgroups that cannot be decomposed as the sum of two sets nontrivially. In particular, our results extensively generalize the results of S\'{a}rk\"{o}zy and Shkredov on the additive decomposition of the set of quadratic residues modulo a prime.

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@article{arxiv.2304.13801,
  title  = {Additive decompositions of large multiplicative subgroups in finite fields},
  author = {Chi Hoi Yip},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.13801},
  year   = {2024}
}

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16 pages, revised based on referee comments