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Large sum-free sets in finite vector spaces II

Combinatorics 2026-04-06 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Answering a question of Leo Versteegen, we prove that for n3n\ge 3 every sum-free set AF5nA\subseteq\mathbb{F}_5^n with A285n3|A|\ge 28\cdot 5^{n-3} is either contained in the union of two parallel hyperplanes, or isomorphic to Λ×F5n3\Lambda\times \mathbb{F}_5^{n-3}, where ΛF53\Lambda\subseteq \mathbb{F}_5^3 denotes a certain sum-free set of size 2828 discovered by Vsevolod Lev and Leo Versteegen.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2604.02894,
  title  = {Large sum-free sets in finite vector spaces II},
  author = {Christian Reiher and Sofia Zotova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.02894},
  year   = {2026}
}

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