Applications of the sum-product theorem in finite fields

Avi Wigderson*

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Abstract

About two years ago Bourgain, Katz and Tao [1] proved the following theorem, essentially stating that in every finite field, a set which does not grow much when we add all pairs of elements, and when we multiply all pairs of elements, must be very close to a subfield.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - Twenty-First Annual IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity, CCC 2006
Pages111
Number of pages1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event21st Annual IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity, CCC 2006 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 16 Jul 200620 Jul 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity
Volume2006
ISSN (Print)1093-0159

Conference

Conference21st Annual IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity, CCC 2006
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period16/07/0620/07/06

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