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Three-term arithmetic progressions and sumsets

Number Theory 2010-04-02 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

Suppose that G is an abelian group and A is a finite subset of G containing no three-term arithmetic progressions. We show that |A+A| >> |A|(log |A|)^{1/3-\epsilon} for all \epsilon>0.

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@article{arxiv.math/0611304,
  title  = {Three-term arithmetic progressions and sumsets},
  author = {Tom Sanders},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611304},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

20 pp. Corrected typos. Updated references. Corrected proof of Theorem 5.1. Minor revisions.