Mixing for three-term progressions in finite simple groups

Abstract: Answering a question of Gowers, Tao proved that any

A i m e s B i m e s C s u b s e t S L_{d} (m a t h b b F_{q})^{3}

contains

| A | | B | | C | / | S L_{d} (m a t h b b F_{q}) | + O_{d} (| S L_{d} (m a t h b b F_{q}) |^{2} / q^{m i n (d - 1, 2) / 8})

three-term progressions

(x, x y, x y^{2})

. Using a modification of Tao's argument, we prove such a mixing result for three-term progressions in all nonabelian finite simple groups except for

P S L_{2} (m a t h b b F_{q})

with an error term that depends on the degree of quasirandomness of the group. This argument also gives an alternative proof of Tao's result when

d > 2

, but with the error term

O (| S L_{d} (m a t h b b F_{q}) |^{2} / q^{(d - 1) / 24})

.

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