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Two-point polynomial patterns in subsets of positive density in $\mathbb{R}^n$

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2024-10-14 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

Let γ(t)=(P1(t),,Pn(t))\gamma(t)=(P_1(t),\ldots,P_n(t)) where PiP_i is a real polynomial with zero constant term for each 1in1\leq i\leq n. We will show the existence of the configuration {x,x+γ(t)}\{x,x+\gamma(t)\} in sets of positive density ϵ\epsilon in [0,1]n[0,1]^n with a gap estimate tδ(ϵ)t\geq \delta(\epsilon) when PiP_i's are arbitrary, and in [0,N]n[0,N]^n with a gap estimate tδ(ϵ)Nnt\geq \delta(\epsilon)N^n when PiP_i's are of distinct degrees where δ(ϵ)=exp(exp(cϵ4))\delta(\epsilon)=\exp\left(-\exp\left(c\epsilon^{-4}\right)\right) and cc only depends on γ\gamma. To prove these two results, decay estimates of certain oscillatory integral operators and Bourgain's reduction are primarily utilised. For the first result, dimension-reducing arguments are also required to handle the linear dependency. For the second one, we will prove a stronger result instead, since then an anisotropic rescaling is allowed in the proof to eliminate the dependence of the decay estimate on NN. And as a byproduct, using the strategy token to prove the latter case, we extend the corner-type Roth theorem previously proven by the first author and Guo.

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@article{arxiv.2405.15400,
  title  = {Two-point polynomial patterns in subsets of positive density in $\mathbb{R}^n$},
  author = {Xuezhi Chen and Changxing Miao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.15400},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

18 pages; we added the definition of the operator $T_{s,l}$ appearing in Lemma 2.2

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