Exponential Sums and Distinct Points on Arcs

dc.creatorRødseth, Øystein J.
dc.date2008-12-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:22:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:22:49Z
dc.descriptionSuppose that some harmonic analysis arguments have been invoked to show that the indicator function of a set of residue classes modulo some integer has a large Fourier coefficient. To get information about the structure of the set of residue classes, we then need a certain type of complementary result. A solution to this problem was given by Gregory Freiman in 1961, when he proved a lemma which relates the value of an exponential sum with the distribution of summands in semi-circles of the unit circle in the complex plane. Since then, Freiman's Lemma has been extended by several authors. Rather than residue classes, one has considered the situation for finitely many arbitrary points on the unit circle. So far, Lev is the only author who has taken into consideration that the summands may be bounded away from each other, as is the case with residue classes. In this paper we extend Lev's result by lifting a recent result of ours to the case of the points being bounded away from each other.
dc.description12 pages. Contribution to the Mel Nathanson Festschrift
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0812.4653
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0812.4653
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/213783
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject11J71, 11K36, 11T23
dc.titleExponential Sums and Distinct Points on Arcs
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