On sum sets of convex functions
| Autor: | Stevens, Sophie, Warren, Audie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | In this paper we prove new bounds for sums of convex or concave functions. Specifically, we prove that for all $A,B \subseteq \mathbb R$ finite sets, and for all $f,g$ convex or concave functions, we have $$|A + B|^{38}|f(A) + g(B)|^{38} \gtrsim |A|^{49}|B|^{49}.$$ This result can be used to obtain bounds on a number of two-variable expanders of interest, as well as to the asymmetric sum-product problem. We also adjust our technique to also prove the three-variable expansion result \[ |AB+A|\gtrsim |A|^{\frac32 +\frac3{170}}\,. \] Our methods follow a series of recent developments in the sum-product literature, presenting a unified picture. Of particular interest is an adaptation of a regularisation technique of Xue, that enables us to find positive proportion subsets with certain desirable properties. Comment: 16 pages plus appendix |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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