A new bound for the Erdős distinct distances problem in the plane over prime fields

DOI10.4064/AA190214-10-4zbMATH Open1447.52020arXiv1805.08900OpenAlexW3002494285WikidataQ126313148 ScholiaQ126313148MaRDI QIDQ5220109FDOQ5220109

Pham Van Thang, Chun-Yen Shen, Le Anh Vinh, Alex Iosevich, Doowon Koh

Publication date: 10 March 2020

Published in: Acta Arithmetica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we obtain a new lower bound on the ErdH{o}s distinct distances problem in the plane over prime fields. More precisely, we show that for any set $Asubsetmathbb{F}_p^2$ with $|A|le{p}^{7/6}$, the number of distinct distances determined by pairs of points in $A$ satisfies ${\displaystyle }$ |Delta(A)| gg |A|^{frac{1}{2}+frac{149}{4214}}.${\displaystyle }$ Our result gives a new lower bound of $|Delta(A)|$ in the range $|A|le{p}^{1+frac1494065}$. The main tools we employ are the energy of a set on a paraboloid due to Rudnev and Shkredov, a point-line incidence bound given by Stevens and de Zeeuw, and a lower bound on the number of distinct distances between a line and a set in $mathbb{F}_p^2$. The latter is the new feature that allows us to improve the previous bound due Stevens and de Zeeuw.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.08900

zbMATH Keywords

prime fieldspoint-line incidenceErdős distinct distances problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Erd?s problems and related topics of discrete geometry (52C10) Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35)

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