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Freiman homomorphisms of random subsets of $\mathbb{Z}_{N}$

Combinatorics 2010-04-22 v1

Abstract

Let AA be a random subset of ZN\mathbb{Z}_{N} obtained by including each element of ZN\mathbb{Z}_{N} in AA independently with probability pp. We say that AA is \emph{linear} if the only Freiman homomorphisms are given by the restrictions of functions of the form f(x)=ax+bf(x)= ax+b. For which values of pp do we have that AA is linear with high probability as NN\to\infty ? First, we establish a geometric characterisation of linear subsets. Second, we show that if p=o(N2/3)p=o(N^{-2/3}) then AA is not linear with high probability whereas if p=N1/2+ϵp=N^{-1/2+\epsilon} for any ϵ>0\epsilon>0 then AA is linear with high probability.

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@article{arxiv.1004.3709,
  title  = {Freiman homomorphisms of random subsets of $\mathbb{Z}_{N}$},
  author = {Gonzalo Fiz Pontiveros},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.3709},
  year   = {2010}
}