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Unique Differences in Symmetric Subsets of $\mathbb{F}_p$

Combinatorics 2019-02-15 v1

Abstract

Let pp be a prime and let AA be a subset of Fp\mathbb{F}_p with A=AA=-A and A{0}2log3(p)|A\setminus\{0\}| \leq 2\log_3(p). Then there is an element of Fp\mathbb{F}_p which has a unique representation as a difference of two elements of AA.

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@article{arxiv.1902.05195,
  title  = {Unique Differences in Symmetric Subsets of $\mathbb{F}_p$},
  author = {Tai Do Duc and Bernhard Schmidt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.05195},
  year   = {2019}
}
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