ALGEBRAIC COMBINATORICS

no. 4

Towards a function field version of Freiman’s Theorem
Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 1 (2018) no. 4, pp. 501-521.

We discuss a multiplicative counterpart of Freiman’s 3k-4 theorem in the context of a function field F over an algebraically closed field K. Such a theorem would give a precise description of subspaces S, such that the space S 2 spanned by products of elements of S satisfies dimS 2 ≤3dimS-4. We make a step in this direction by giving a complete characterisation of spaces S such that dimS 2 =2dimS. We show that, up to multiplication by a constant field element, such a space S is included in a function field of genus 0 or 1. In particular if the genus is 1 then this space is a Riemann–Roch space.

Received: 2017-09-15
Revised: 2018-04-18
Accepted: 2018-05-07
Published online: 2018-09-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5802/alco.19
Classification: 11R58,  11P99,  05E40,  14H05
Keywords: Additive combinatorics, function fields 
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Bachoc, Christine; Couvreur, Alain; Zémor, Gilles. Towards a function field version of Freiman’s Theorem. Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 1 (2018) no. 4, pp. 501-521. doi : 10.5802/alco.19. https://alco.centre-mersenne.org/item/ALCO_2018__1_4_501_0/

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