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The structure of sets with cube-avoiding sumsets

Combinatorics 2024-11-22 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We prove that if d2d \ge 2 is an integer, GG is a finite abelian group, Z0Z_0 is a subset of GG not contained in any strict coset in GG, and E1,,EdE_1,\dots,E_d are dense subsets of GnG^n such that the sumset E1++EdE_1+\dots+E_d avoids Z0nZ_0^n then E1,,EdE_1, \dots, E_d essentially have bounded dimension. More precisely, they are almost entirely contained in sets E1×GIc,,Ed×GIcE_1' \times G^{I^c}, \dots, E_d' \times G^{I^c}, where the size of I[n]I \subset [n] is non-zero and independent of nn, and E1,,EdE_1',\dots,E_d' are subsets of GIG^{I} such that the sumset E1++EdE_1'+\dots+E_d' avoids Z0IZ_0^I.

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@article{arxiv.2411.14145,
  title  = {The structure of sets with cube-avoiding sumsets},
  author = {Thomas Karam and Peter Keevash},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.14145},
  year   = {2024}
}

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