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| 16 | + |
| 17 | +import FormalConjectures.Util.ProblemImports |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +/-! |
| 20 | +# Green's Open Problem 51 |
| 21 | +
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| 22 | +*References:* |
| 23 | +- [Gr24] [Green's Open Problems](https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/greenbj/papers/open-problems.pdf#problem.51) |
| 24 | +- [Gr13] B. J. Green, Restriction and Kakeya phenomena, notes from a 2003 course. |
| 25 | + Available at http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/greenbj/papers/rkp.pdf |
| 26 | +- [Sa11] Sanders, Tom. "Green's sumset problem at density one half." |
| 27 | + Acta Arithmetica 146.1 (2011): 91-101. |
| 28 | +- [Gr02] Green, Ben. "Arithmetic progressions in sumsets." |
| 29 | + Geometric & Functional Analysis GAFA 12.3 (2002): 584-597. |
| 30 | +- [Ruz91] Ruzsa, Imre Z. "Arithmetic progressions in sumsets." |
| 31 | + Acta Arithmetica 60.2 (1991): 191-202. |
| 32 | +-/ |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +open Filter Real |
| 35 | +open scoped Pointwise |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +namespace Green51 |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +/-- The group $G = \mathbb{F}_2^n = (Z/2Z)^n$. -/ |
| 40 | +abbrev 𝔽₂ (n : ℕ) := Fin n → ZMod 2 |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +/-- The maximum dimension of a coset contained in the set $A$. -/ |
| 43 | +noncomputable def maxCosetDim (n : ℕ) (A : Set (𝔽₂ n)) : ℕ := |
| 44 | + sSup { d | ∃ (W : Submodule (ZMod 2) (𝔽₂ n)) (v : 𝔽₂ n), |
| 45 | + v +ᵥ (W : Set (𝔽₂ n)) ⊆ A ∧ |
| 46 | + Module.finrank (ZMod 2) W = d } |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +/-- The largest dimension of a coset guaranteed to be contained in $2A$ for $A \subseteq \mathbb{F}_2^n$ with density $\alpha$. -/ |
| 49 | +noncomputable def guaranteedMaxCosetDim (n : ℕ) (α : ℝ) : ℕ := |
| 50 | + sInf { maxCosetDim n ↑(A + A) | (A : Finset (𝔽₂ n)) (_h : A.dens ≥ α) } |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +/-- |
| 53 | +Suppose that $A \subset \mathbb{F}_2^n$ is a set of density $\alpha$. What is the largest size of coset |
| 54 | +guaranteed to be contained in $2A$? |
| 55 | +
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| 56 | +We phrase this by asking for the exact function $F(\alpha, n)$ giving the maximum dimension |
| 57 | +of a guaranteed coset. |
| 58 | +-/ |
| 59 | +@[category research open, AMS 5 11] |
| 60 | +theorem green_51 : answer(sorry) = guaranteedMaxCosetDim := by |
| 61 | + sorry |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +/-- It is known that $A + A$ must contain a coset of dimension $\gg_\alpha n$ [Gr13]. -/ |
| 64 | +@[category research solved, AMS 5 11] |
| 65 | +theorem green_51.lower : |
| 66 | + ∀ (α : ℝ), 0 < α → α ≤ 1 → |
| 67 | + ∃ c > 0, ∀ᶠ (n : ℕ) in atTop, c * (n : ℝ) ≤ guaranteedMaxCosetDim n α := by |
| 68 | + sorry |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +/-- It is known that $A + A$ need not contain a coset of dimension $n - \sqrt{n}$ [Gr13]. -/ |
| 71 | +@[category research solved, AMS 5 11] |
| 72 | +theorem green_51.upper : |
| 73 | + ∃ α > 0, α ≤ 1 ∧ ∀ᶠ (n : ℕ) in atTop, (guaranteedMaxCosetDim n α : ℝ) < (n : ℝ) - sqrt n := by |
| 74 | + sorry |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +/-- |
| 77 | +Suppose that $A \subset \mathbb{F}_2^n$ has density $\alpha > 1/2 - C/\sqrt{n}$. |
| 78 | +Does $A + A$ contain a subspace of co-dimension $O_C(1)$? [Sa11, Question 5.1] |
| 79 | +-/ |
| 80 | +@[category research open, AMS 5 11] |
| 81 | +theorem green_51.one_half : |
| 82 | + answer(sorry) ↔ ∀ (k : ℝ), 0 < k → |
| 83 | + ∃ (c : ℕ), ∀ᶠ (n : ℕ) in atTop, |
| 84 | + ∀ (α : ℝ), α > (1/2 : ℝ) - k / sqrt (n : ℝ) → α ≤ 1 → |
| 85 | + n ≤ guaranteedMaxCosetDim n α + c := by |
| 86 | + sorry |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +/-- |
| 89 | +The largest length of an arithmetic progression guaranteed to be contained in $A+A$ |
| 90 | +for $A \subseteq \{1, \dots, N\}$ with density $\alpha$. |
| 91 | +-/ |
| 92 | +noncomputable def guaranteedMaxAPLength (N : ℕ) (α : ℝ) : ℕ := |
| 93 | + sInf { sSup {l : ℕ | ∃ s ⊆ (A + A : Set ℕ), s.IsAPOfLength (l : ℕ∞)} |
| 94 | + | (A : Finset ℕ) (_hA : A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N) (_h : α * (N : ℝ) ≤ A.card) } |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +/-- It is known that $A + A$ must contain an arithmetic progression of length $\sim \exp(c (\log N)^{1/2})$ [Gr02]. -/ |
| 97 | +@[category research solved, AMS 5 11] |
| 98 | +theorem green_51.lower_ap : |
| 99 | + ∀ (α : ℝ), 0 < α → α ≤ 1 → |
| 100 | + ∃ c > 0, ∀ᶠ (N : ℕ) in atTop, |
| 101 | + exp (c * log (N : ℝ) ^ (1/2 : ℝ)) ≤ guaranteedMaxAPLength N α := by |
| 102 | + sorry |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +/-- It is known that $A + A$ need not contain an arithmetic progression of length $\sim \exp(c (\log N)^{2/3})$ [Ruz91]. -/ |
| 105 | +@[category research solved, AMS 5 11] |
| 106 | +theorem green_51.upper_ap : |
| 107 | + ∀ (α : ℝ), 0 < α → α < 1/2 → |
| 108 | + ∃ c > 0, ∀ᶠ (N : ℕ) in atTop, |
| 109 | + guaranteedMaxAPLength N α ≤ exp (c * log (N : ℝ) ^ (2/3 : ℝ)) := by |
| 110 | + sorry |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +end Green51 |
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