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Freiman Homomorphisms of Random Subsets of $\mathbb{Z}_{N}$

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2013

GONZALO FIZ PONTIVEROS
GONZALO FIZ PONTIVEROS*
Affiliation:
IMPA, Estrada Dona Castorina 110, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (e-mail: gf232@cam.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Given a set $A\subset\mathbb{Z}_{N}$, we say that a function $f\colon A \to \mathbb{Z}_{N}$ is a Freiman homomorphism if f(a)+f(b)=f(c)+f(d) whenever a,b,c,d ∈ A satisfy a+b=c+d. This notion was introduced by Freiman in the 1970s, and plays an important role in the field of additive combinatorics. We say that A is linear if the only Freiman homomorphisms are functions of the form f(x) = ax+b.

Suppose the elements of A are chosen independently at random, each with probability p. We shall look at the following question: For which values of p=p(N) is A linear with high probability as N → ∞? We show that if p=(2logN − ω(N))1/3N−2/3, where ω(N) → ∞ as N → ∞, then A is not linear with high probability, whereas if p=N−1/2+ε for any ε>0 then A is linear with high probability.

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Combinatorics, Probability and Computing , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , July 2013 , pp. 592 - 611
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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