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Almost Affine Invariance Over Prime Fields: Green Problem 90

Combinatorics 2026-05-14 v1 Dynamical Systems Group Theory Number Theory

Abstract

Let AFpA\subset \mathbb{F}_p with density 1/2. We call a set AA almost affine invariant under an affine transformation ϕ(x)=ax+b\phi(x)=ax+b if Aϕ(A)=o(p).|A \triangle \phi(A)| =o(p). We determine that, the threshold value of KK such that AA is almost affine invariant simultaneously under all ϕ(x)\phi(x) with a,bK|a|, |b|\le K and a0a\neq 0, is K=o(logp)K=o(\log p). This solves Ben Green's Open Problem 90.

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@article{arxiv.2605.13454,
  title  = {Almost Affine Invariance Over Prime Fields: Green Problem 90},
  author = {Jie Ma and Quanyu Tang and Max Wenqiang Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.13454},
  year   = {2026}
}

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