Comparison estimates for linear forms in additive number theory
Number Theory
2021-01-06 v4
Abstract
Let R be a commutative ring R with 1R and with group of units R×. Let Φ=Φ(t1,…,th)=∑i=1hφiti be an h-ary linear form with nonzero coefficients φ1,…,φh∈R. Let M be an R-module. For every subset A of M, the image of A under Φ is Φ(A)={Φ(a1,…,ah):(a1,…,ah)∈Ah}. For every subset I of {1,2,…,h}, there is the subset sum sI=∑i∈Iφi. Let S(Φ)={sI:∅=I⊆{1,2,…,h}}. Theorem. Let Υ(t1,…,tg)=∑i=1gυiti and Φ(t1,…,th)=∑i=1hφiti be linear forms with nonzero coefficients in the ring R. If {0,1}⊆S(Υ) and S(Φ)⊆R×, then for every ε>0 and c>1 there exist a finite R-module M with ∣M∣>c and a subset A of M such that Υ(A∪{0})=M and ∣Φ(A)∣<ε∣M∣.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1604.08940,
title = {Comparison estimates for linear forms in additive number theory},
author = {Melvyn B. Nathanson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.08940},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
20 pages. Minor revisions