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On the polynomial Szemer\'edi theorem in finite fields

Number Theory 2019-05-29 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let P1,,PmZ[y]P_1,\dots,P_m\in\mathbb{Z}[y] be any linearly independent polynomials with zero constant term. We show that there exists a γ>0\gamma>0 such that any subset of Fq\mathbb{F}_q of size at least q1γq^{1-\gamma} contains a nontrivial polynomial progression x,x+P1(y),,x+Pm(y)x,x+P_1(y),\dots,x+P_m(y), provided the characteristic of Fq\mathbb{F}_q is large enough.

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@article{arxiv.1802.02200,
  title  = {On the polynomial Szemer\'edi theorem in finite fields},
  author = {Sarah Peluse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.02200},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

23 pages; v2: minor changes based on referee comments