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The Sidon constant of sets with three elements

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2007-05-23 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

We solve an elementary extremal problem on trigonometric polynomials and obtain the exact value of the Sidon constant for sets with three elements {n0, n1, n2}: it is \sec(\pi / 2n) for n = max(n1-n0, n2-n0, n2-n1) / gcd(n1-n0, n2-n0).

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@article{arxiv.math/0102145,
  title  = {The Sidon constant of sets with three elements},
  author = {Stefan Neuwirth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0102145},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages