Sumsets as unions of sumsets of subsets
Discrete analysis (2017)
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Let $S$ and $T$ be subsets of $\mathbf{F}_q^n$. We show there are subsets $S'$ of $S$ and $T'$ of $T$ such that $S+T$ is the union of $S+T'$ and $S'+T$, with $|S'| + |T'|$ bounded by $c^n$ with $c q$. The proof relies on the method of Croot-Lev-Pach and Ellenberg-Gijswijt on the cap set problem, together with a result of Meshulam on linear spaces of low-rank matrices. The result is a modest generalization of the recent bounds on (single-colored and multi-colored) sum-free sets by the author and others.
@article{DAS_2017_a6,
author = {Jordan S. Ellenberg},
title = {Sumsets as unions of sumsets of subsets},
journal = {Discrete analysis},
year = {2017},
language = {en},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/DAS_2017_a6/}
}
Jordan S. Ellenberg. Sumsets as unions of sumsets of subsets. Discrete analysis (2017). http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/DAS_2017_a6/