Roth’s proof of Roth’s theorem

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Roth’s proof of Roth’s theorem

Nom de l'orateur
Hanaë Vandanjon
Etablissement de l'orateur
LMJL
Date et heure de l'exposé
21-10-2026 - 11:00:00
Lieu de l'exposé
Salle Éole
Résumé de l'exposé

In 1953, Roth proved that a set in ${1, \dots,N} containing no non trivial arithmetic progressions of length three has size at most $O(N/log(log(N))$ using Fourier analysis. Although his method does not directly apply to longer arithmetic progressions, Roth’s proof features interesting connections between Fourier analysis and the additive structure of a set. To illustrate this, I will give some elements of the proof in the finite field setting.

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