Effective Bounds for Restricted $3$-Arithmetic Progressions in $\mathbb{F}_p^n$
Combinatorics
2024-12-23 v2 Discrete Mathematics
Abstract
For a prime , a restricted arithmetic progression in is a triplet of vectors in which the common difference is a non-zero element from . What is the size of the largest that is free of restricted arithmetic progressions? We show that the density of any such a set is at most , where depend only on , giving the first reasonable bounds for the density of such sets. Previously, the best known bound was , which follows from the density Hales-Jewett theorem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2308.06600,
title = {Effective Bounds for Restricted $3$-Arithmetic Progressions in $\mathbb{F}_p^n$},
author = {Amey Bhangale and Subhash Khot and Dor Minzer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.06600},
year = {2024}
}