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Main Author: Táfula, Christian
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.08694
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author Táfula, Christian
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contents Let $A\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$ be a finite set with minimum element $0$, maximum element $m$, and $\ell$ elements strictly in between. Write $(hA)^{(t)}$ for the set of integers that can be written in at least $t$ ways as a sum of $h$ elements of $A$. We prove that $(hA)^{(t)}$ is "structured" for \[ h \geq (1+o(1)) \frac{1}{e} m\ell t^{1/\ell} \] (as $\ell \to \infty$, $t^{1/\ell} \to \infty$), and prove a similar theorem on the size and structure of $A\subseteq \mathbb{Z}^d$ for $h$ sufficiently large. Moreover, we construct a family of sets $A = A(m,\ell,t)\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$ for which $(hA)^{(t)}$ is not structured for $h\ll m\ell t^{1/\ell}$.
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spellingShingle On the size and structure of $t$-representable sumsets
Táfula, Christian
Combinatorics
Number Theory
11D07, 05A17
Let $A\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$ be a finite set with minimum element $0$, maximum element $m$, and $\ell$ elements strictly in between. Write $(hA)^{(t)}$ for the set of integers that can be written in at least $t$ ways as a sum of $h$ elements of $A$. We prove that $(hA)^{(t)}$ is "structured" for \[ h \geq (1+o(1)) \frac{1}{e} m\ell t^{1/\ell} \] (as $\ell \to \infty$, $t^{1/\ell} \to \infty$), and prove a similar theorem on the size and structure of $A\subseteq \mathbb{Z}^d$ for $h$ sufficiently large. Moreover, we construct a family of sets $A = A(m,\ell,t)\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$ for which $(hA)^{(t)}$ is not structured for $h\ll m\ell t^{1/\ell}$.
title On the size and structure of $t$-representable sumsets
topic Combinatorics
Number Theory
11D07, 05A17
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.08694