On the size of $k$-fold sum and product sets of integers

dc.creatorBourgain, Jean
dc.creatorChang, Mei-Chu
dc.date2003-09-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:00:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:00:49Z
dc.descriptionWe prove the following theorem: for all positive integers $b$ there exists a positive integer $k$, such that for every finite set $A$ of integers with cardinality $|A| > 1$, we have either $$ |A + ... + A| \geq |A|^b$$ or $$ |A \cdot ... \cdot A| \geq |A|^b$$ where $A + ... + A$ and $A \cdot ... \cdot A$ are the collections of $k$-fold sums and products of elements of $A$ respectively. This is progress towards a conjecture of Erdös and Szemerédi on sum and product sets.
dc.description33 pages, no figures, submitted, J. Amer. Math. Soc. (Proxy submission)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0309055
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0309055
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/68459
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subject11P70
dc.titleOn the size of $k$-fold sum and product sets of integers
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