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On the size of Nikodym sets in finite fields

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2008-04-26 v3

Abstract

Let Fq\mathbb{F}_q denote a finite field of qq elements. Define a set BFqnB\subset\mathbb{F}_q^n to be Nikodym if for each xBcx\in B^{c}, there exists a line LL such that LBc={x}.L\cap B^c=\{x\}. The main purpose of this note is to show that the size of every Nikodym set is at least CnqnC_n\cdot q^n, where CnC_n depends only on nn.

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@article{arxiv.0803.3525,
  title  = {On the size of Nikodym sets in finite fields},
  author = {Liangpan Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3525},
  year   = {2008}
}

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