A POLYNOMIAL ROTH THEOREM FOR CORNERS IN FINITE FIELDS. Issue 4 (16th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Han, Rui; Lacey, Michael T.; Yang, Fan
• Is Part Of: Mathematika. Volume 67:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 885
• Page End: 896
• Publication Date: 2021-08-16
• Subjects: 11B30 (primary); Mathematics -- Periodicals; 510.5
• DOI: 10.1112/mtk.12108
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-5793

Abstract

Abstract: We prove a Roth‐type theorem for polynomial corners in the finite field setting. Let ϕ1 and ϕ2 be two polynomials of distinct degree. For sufficiently large primes p, any subset A ⊂ F p × F p with | A | > p 2 − 1 16 contains three points ( x 1, x 2 ), ( x 1 + ϕ 1 ( y ), x 2 ), ( x 1, x 2 + ϕ 2 ( y ) ) . The study of these questions on F p was started by Bourgain and Chang. Our Theorem adapts the argument of Dong, Li, and Sawin, in particular relying upon deep Weil‐type inequalities established by N. Katz.