On the asymptotic maximal density of a set avoiding solutions to linear equations modulo a prime

DOI10.1007/S10474-011-0124-0zbMATH Open1249.11018arXiv1109.2934OpenAlexW1993424366MaRDI QIDQ653939FDOQ653939

Authors: Pablo Candela, Olof Sisask 

Publication date: 20 December 2011

Published in: Acta Mathematica Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a finite family F of linear forms with integer coefficients, and a compact abelian group G, an F-free set in G is a measurable set which does not contain solutions to any equation L(x)=0 for L in F. We denote by d_F(G) the supremum of m(A) over F-free sets A in G, where m is the normalized Haar measure on G. Our main result is that, for any such collection F of forms in at least three variables, the sequence d_F(Z_p) converges to d_F(R/Z) as p tends to infinity over primes. This answers an analogue for Z_p of a question that Ruzsa raised about sets of integers.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2934

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zbMATH Keywords

Fourier analysisremoval lemmasets free from solutions to linear equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic combinatorics; higher degree uniformity (11B30) Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes transforms on locally compact and other abelian groups (43A25)

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