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The sharp threshold for maximum-size sum-free subsets in even-order abelian groups

Combinatorics 2015-06-03 v2 Group Theory Probability

Abstract

We study sum-free sets in sparse random subsets of even order abelian groups. In particular, we determine the sharp threshold for the following property: the largest such set is contained in some maximum-size sum-free subset of the group. This theorem extends recent work of Balogh, Morris and Samotij, who resolved the case G = Z_{2n}, and who obtained a weaker threshold (up to a constant factor) in general.

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@article{arxiv.1310.3236,
  title  = {The sharp threshold for maximum-size sum-free subsets in even-order abelian groups},
  author = {Neal Bushaw and Maurício Collares Neto and Robert Morris and Paul Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.3236},
  year   = {2015}
}

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29 pages, revised version, to appear in Combinatorics, Probability & Computing

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