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Sumsets in the Hypercube

Combinatorics 2024-04-17 v2 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

A subset SS of the Boolean hypercube F2n\mathbb{F}_2^n is a sumset if S=A+A={a+b  a,bA}S = A+A = \{a + b \ | \ a, b\in A\} for some AF2nA \subseteq \mathbb{F}_2^n. We prove that the number of sumsets in F2n\mathbb{F}_2^n is asymptotically (2n1)22n1(2^n-1)2^{2^{n-1}}. Furthermore, we show that the family of sumsets in F2n\mathbb{F}_2^n is almost identical to the family of all subsets of F2n\mathbb{F}_2^n that contain a complete linear subspace of co-dimension 11.

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@article{arxiv.2403.16589,
  title  = {Sumsets in the Hypercube},
  author = {Noga Alon and Or Zamir},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.16589},
  year   = {2024}
}
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