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A variation on the sum-product problem seeks to show that a set which is defined by additive and multiplicative operations will always be large. In this paper, we prove new results of this type. In particular, we show that for any finite…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-02-25 Antal Balog , Oliver Roche-Newton

Let $A$ be an infinite set of nonnegative integers. For $h \geq 2$, let $hA$ be the set of all sums of $h$ not necessarily distinct elements of $A$. If every sufficiently large integer in the sumset $hA$ has at least two representations,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-04 Melvyn B. Nathanson

An n-gon is defined as a sequence \P=(V_0,...,V_{n-1}) of n points on the plane. An n-gon \P is said to be convex if the boundary of the convex hull of the set {V_0,...,V_{n-1}} of the vertices of \P coincides with the union of the edges…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Iosif Pinelis

Let $S\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ $(d\geq 2)$. A set $S$ is said to be $m$-point convex, if for every $m$ distinct points in $S$, at least one of the line-segments determined by them lies in $S$. We also say that $S$ has property $P_m$. Let…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Wenzhi Liu , Wei Wang , Liping Yuan , Tudor Zamfirescu

In this article, we are going to search for $n\times n$ matrices $A$ and $B$ such that their generalized numerical range $$W_A(B)=\{tr(AU^*BU) \ :\ U^*U=UU^*=I\}$$ is convex. More specifically, we consider $A=\hat{A}\oplus I_k$ and…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-16 Wai-Shun Cheung

A commutative associative algebra A with an identity over the field of real numbers which has a basis, where all elements are invertible, is considered in the work. Moreover, among matrixes consisting of the structure constants of A, there…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2020-09-29 T. M. Osipchuk

We improve a result of Solymosi on sum-products in R, namely, we prove that max{|A+A|,|AA|}\gg |A|^{4/3+c}, where c>0 is an absolute constant. New lower bounds for sums of sets with small product set are found. Previous results are improved…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-31 Sergei Konyagin , Ilya D. Shkredov

In this paper we further study the relationship between convexity and additive growth, building on the work of Schoen and Shkredov (\cite{SS}) to get some improvements to earlier results of Elekes, Nathanson and Ruzsa (\cite{ENR}). In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-23 Liangpan Li , Oliver Roche-Newton

We consider the set of points chosen randomly, independently and uniformly in the $d$-dimensional spherical layer. A set of points is called $1$-convex if all its points are vertices of the convex hull of this set. In \cite{3} an estimate…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-14 Sergey Sidorov

We show that if $A=\{a_1 < a_2 < \ldots < a_k\}$ is a set of real numbers such that the differences of the consecutive elements are distinct, then for and finite $B \subset \mathbb{R}$, $$|A+B|\gg |A|^{1/2}|B|.$$ The bound is tight up to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-11 Imre Ruzsa , George Shakan , Jozsef Solymosi , Endre Szemerédi

A planar point set is in convex position precisely when it has a convex polygonization, that is, a polygonization with maximum interior angle measure at most \pi. We can thus talk about the convexity of a set of points in terms of the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-09-16 Danny Rorabaugh

This paper explores the relationship between convexity and sum sets. In particular, we show that elementary number theoretical methods, principally the application of a squeezing principle, can be augmented with the Elekes-Szab\'{o} Theorem…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Oliver Roche-Newton , Elaine Wong

Fix any $\lambda\in\mathbb{C}$. We say that a set $S\subseteq\mathbb{C}$ is $\lambda$-$convex$ if, whenever $a$ and $b$ are in $S$, the point $(1-\lambda)a+\lambda b$ is also in $S$. If $S$ is also (topologically) closed, then we say that…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2020-09-01 Stephen Fenner , Frederic Green , Steven Homer

We prove new general results on sumsets of sets having Szemer\'edi--Trotter type. This family includes convex sets, sets with small multiplicative doubling, images of sets under convex/concave maps and others.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-22 Ilya D. Shkredov

We construct a convex set $A$ with cardinality $2n$ and with the property that an element of the difference set $A-A$ can be represented in $n$ different ways. We also show that this construction is optimal by proving that for any convex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-08-19 Oliver Roche-Newton , Audie Warren

Let $h\geq 2$ and $A=\{a_0,a_1,\ldots,a_{k-1}\}$ be a finite set of integers. It is well-known that $\left|hA\right|=hk-h+1$ if and only if $A$ is a $k$-term arithmetic progression. In this paper, we give some nontrivial inverse results of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-11-05 Min Tang , Yun Xing

Let $P$ be a set of $n$ points in general position on the plane. A set of closed convex polygons with vertices in $P$, and with pairwise disjoint interiors is called a convex decomposition of $P$ if their union is the convex hull of $P$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-16 Toshinori Sakai , Jorge Urrutia

Let X be a normed space. A subset A of X is approximately convex if $d(ta+(1-t)b,A) \le 1$ for all $a,b \in A$ and $t \in [0,1]$ where $d(x,A)$ is the distance of $x$ to $A$. Let $\Co(A)$ be the convex hull and $\diam(A)$ the diameter of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 S. J. Dilworth , Ralph Howard , James W. Roberts

We study two notions. One is that of spindle convexity. A set of circumradius not greater than one is spindle convex if, for any pair of its points, it contains every short circular arc of radius at least one, connecting them. The other…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2011-10-20 Karoly Bezdek , Zsolt Langi , Marton Naszodi , Peter Papez

We give a new proof of the discretized ring theorem for sets of real numbers. As a special case, we show that if $A\subset\mathbb{R}$ is a $(\delta,1/2)_1$-set in the sense of Katz and Tao, then either $A+A$ or $A.A$ must have measure at…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-08-24 Larry Guth , Nets Hawk Katz , Joshua Zahl