English
Related papers

Related papers: New Upper Bound for Sums of Dilates

200 papers

We discuss a statistical variant of Ruzsa's covering lemma and use it to show that if G is an Abelian group of bounded exponent and A in G has |A+A| < K|A| then the subgroup generated by A has size at most exp(O(K log^22K))|A|, where the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-25 Tom Sanders

Let n(2,k) denote the largest integer n for which there exists a set A of k nonnegative integers such that the sumset 2A contains {0,1,2,...,n-1}. A classical problem in additive number theory is to find an upper bound for n(2,k). In this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sinan Gunturk , Melvyn B. Nathanson

This paper establishes new upper bounds for the sum of the $k$ largest eigenvalues of symmetric matrices. When applied to the adjacency matrix of a graph, our results improve upon a related bound due to Mohar {\bf [On the sum of k largest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Shaowei Sun , Yaping Min , Kinkar Chandra Das

Let $A\subset [1, 2]$ be a $(\delta, \sigma)$-set with measure $|A|=\delta^{1-\sigma}$ in the sense of Katz and Tao. For $\sigma\in (1/2, 1)$ we show that $$ |A+A|+|AA|\gtrapprox \delta^{-c}|A|, $$ for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-26 Changhao Chen

Let $\lambda$ denote the Liouville function. Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, we prove that $$\int_X^{2X}\Big|\sum_{x\leq n \leq x+h}\lambda(n) \Big|^2 dx \ll Xh(\log X)^6,$$ as $X\rightarrow \infty$, provided $h=h(X)\leq…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-28 Jake Chinis

We show that there is an absolute constant $c>0$ such that $|A+\lambda\cdot A|\geq e^{c\sqrt{\log |A|}}|A|$ for any finite subset $A$ of $\mathbb{R}$ and any transcendental number $\lambda\in\mathbb{R}$. By a construction of Konyagin and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-11 David Conlon , Jeck Lim

Let $K(a^{(p)};\lambda,\mu )$ be a graph with $p$ parts, each part having size $a$, in which the multiplicity of each pair of vertices in the same part (in different parts) is $\lambda$ ($\mu $, respectively). In this paper we consider the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-18 Amin Bahmanian , Chris Rodger

Let $\lambda(G)$ be the smallest number of vertices that can be removed from a non-empty graph $G$ so that the resulting graph has a smaller maximum degree. Let $\lambda_{\rm e}(G)$ be the smallest number of edges that can be removed from…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-24 Peter Borg

For two given nonnegative integers $h$ and $k$, an $L(h,k)$-edge labeling of a graph $G$ is the assignment of labels $\{0,1, \cdots, n\}$ to the edges so that two edges having a common vertex are labeled with difference at least $h$ and two…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Susobhan Bandopadhyay , Sasthi C. Ghosh , Subhasis Koley

We use two variational techniques to prove upper bounds for sums of the lowest several eigenvalues of matrices associated with finite, simple, combinatorial graphs. These include estimates for the adjacency matrix of a graph and for both…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-08-27 Evans M. Harell , Joachim Stubbe

We establish new lower bounds for the Tur\'an and Zarankiewicz numbers of certain apex partite hypergraphs. Given a $(d-1)$-partite $(d-1)$-uniform hypergraph $\mathcal{H}$, let $\mathcal{H}(k)$ be the $d$-partite $d$-uniform hypergraph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Qiyuan Chen , Hong Liu , Ke Ye

Let $k\geq 2$ be an integer and let $\lambda$ be the Liouville function. Given $k$ non-negative distinct integers $h_1,\ldots,h_k$, the Chowla conjecture claims that $\sum_{n\leq x}\lambda(n+h_1)\cdots \lambda(n+h_k)=o(x)$ as $x\to\infty$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Mikko Jaskari , Stelios Sachpazis

Given a finite subset A of an abelian group G, we study the set k \wedge A of all sums of k distinct elements of A. In this paper, we prove that |k \wedge A| >= |A| for all k in {2,...,|A|-2}, unless k is in {2,|A|-2} and A is a coset of an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-06-27 Benjamin Girard , Simon Griffiths , Yahya Ould Hamidoune

In this paper we give a different approach to determining the cardinality of $h$-fold sumsets $hA$ when $A\subset \mathbb{Z}^d$ has $d+2$ elements. This enables us to provide more general result with a shorter and simpler proof. We also…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-10 Ilija Vrećica

Let $A\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_p^2$ be a set of size $2p+1$ for prime $p\geq 5$. In this paper, we prove that $A\hat{+}A=\{a_1+a_2\mid a_1,a_2\in A, a_1\neq a_2\}$ has cardinality at least $4p$. This result is the first advancement in over two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Jacinda Terkel

Estimating the discrepancy of the hypergraph of all arithmetic progressions in the set $[N]=\{1,2,\hdots,N\}$ was one of the famous open problems in combinatorial discrepancy theory for a long time. An extension of this classical hypergraph…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Nils Hebbinghaus

Let $A$ be a multiplicative subgroup of $\mathbb Z_p^*$. Define the $k$-fold sumset of $A$ to be $kA=\{x_1+\dots+x_k:x_i \in A,1\leq i\leq k\}$. We show that $6A\supseteq \mathbb Z_p^*$ for $|A| > p^{\frac {11}{23} +\epsilon}$. In addition,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-05-24 Derrick Hart

Let $\lambda_{\phi}(n)$ be the Fourier coefficients of a Hecke holomorphic or Hecke--Maass cusp form on ${\rm SL}_2(\mathbb Z)$, and $f$ be any multiplicative function that satisfies two mild hypotheses. We establish a non-trivial upper…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Yujiao Jiang , Guangshi Lü

Motivated by the change-of-domain problem for additive bases, Bukh, van Hintum and Keevash conjectured that if \(A,B\subseteq \mathbb{Q}^{n}\) and \(\{\boldsymbol{e}_i+\boldsymbol{e}_j:1\le i\le j\le n\}\subseteq A+B,\) then \(|A|+|B|\ge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Zixiang Xu

For relatively prime positive integers $u_0$ and $r$ and for $0\le k\le n$, define $u_k:=u_0+kr$. Let $L_n:={\rm lcm}(u_0, u_1, ..., u_n)$ and let $a, l\ge 2$ be any integers. In this paper, we show that, for integers $\alpha \geq a$ and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-11-05 Rongjun Wu , Qianrong Tan , Shaofang Hong