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Main Author: Mansfield, Samuel
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03690
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contents Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a set of $n$ real analytic functions with linearly independent derivatives restricted to a compact interval $I$. We show that for any finite set $A \subset I$, there is a function $f \in \mathcal{F}$ that satisfies $$|2^{n-1}f(A)-(2^{n-1}-1)f(A)|\gg_{\mathcal{F},I} |A|^{ϕ(n)},$$ where $ϕ:\mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfies the recursive formula $$ϕ(1)=1, \quad ϕ(n)=1+\frac{1}{1+\frac{1}{ϕ(n-1)}} \quad \text{for } n\geq 2.$$ The above result allows us to prove the bound $$|2^nf(A-A)-(2^n-1)f(A-A)| \gg_{f,n,I} |A|^{1+ϕ(n)}$$ where $f$ is an analytic function for which any $n$ distinct non-trivial discrete derivatives of $f'$ are linearly independent. This condition is satisfied, for instance, by any polynomial function of degree $m \geq n+1$. We also check this condition for the function $\arctan(e^x)$ with $n=3$, allowing us to improve upon a recent bound on the additive growth of the set of angles in a Cartesian product due to Roche-Newton.
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spellingShingle Additive growth amongst images of linearly independent analytic functions
Mansfield, Samuel
Combinatorics
Number Theory
11B13, 11B30
Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a set of $n$ real analytic functions with linearly independent derivatives restricted to a compact interval $I$. We show that for any finite set $A \subset I$, there is a function $f \in \mathcal{F}$ that satisfies $$|2^{n-1}f(A)-(2^{n-1}-1)f(A)|\gg_{\mathcal{F},I} |A|^{ϕ(n)},$$ where $ϕ:\mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfies the recursive formula $$ϕ(1)=1, \quad ϕ(n)=1+\frac{1}{1+\frac{1}{ϕ(n-1)}} \quad \text{for } n\geq 2.$$ The above result allows us to prove the bound $$|2^nf(A-A)-(2^n-1)f(A-A)| \gg_{f,n,I} |A|^{1+ϕ(n)}$$ where $f$ is an analytic function for which any $n$ distinct non-trivial discrete derivatives of $f'$ are linearly independent. This condition is satisfied, for instance, by any polynomial function of degree $m \geq n+1$. We also check this condition for the function $\arctan(e^x)$ with $n=3$, allowing us to improve upon a recent bound on the additive growth of the set of angles in a Cartesian product due to Roche-Newton.
title Additive growth amongst images of linearly independent analytic functions
topic Combinatorics
Number Theory
11B13, 11B30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03690