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Any small multiplicative sugroup is not a sumset

Number Theory 2017-02-07 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We prove that for an arbitrary ε>0\varepsilon>0 and any multiplicative subgroup ΓFp\Gamma \subseteq \mathbf{F}_p, 1Γp2/3ε1\ll |\Gamma| \le p^{2/3 -\varepsilon} there are no sets BB, CFpC \subseteq \mathbf{F}_p with B,C>1|B|, |C|>1 such that Γ=B+C\Gamma=B+C. Also, we obtain that for 1Γp6/7ε1\ll |\Gamma| \le p^{6/7-\varepsilon} and any ξ0\xi\neq 0 there is no a set BB such that ξΓ+1=B/B\xi \Gamma+1=B/B.

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@article{arxiv.1702.01197,
  title  = {Any small multiplicative sugroup is not a sumset},
  author = {Ilya D. Shkredov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.01197},
  year   = {2017}
}

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13 pages

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