A new bound for finite field Besicovitch sets in four dimensions

Details A new bound for finite field Besicovitch sets in four dimensions A new bound for finite field Besicovitch sets in four dimensions

2002-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/math/0204251v2

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Classical Analysis and ODEs

28 pages, no figures, to appear, Pacific J. Math. More exposition, less typos

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Let $F$ be a finite field with characteristic greater than two. Define a \emph{Besicovitch set} in $F^4$ to be a set $P \subseteq F^4$ containing a line in every direction. The \emph{Kakeya conjecture} asserts that $|P| \approx |F|^4$. A result of Wolff establishes that $|P| \gtrsim |F|^3$. In this paper we improve this to $|P| \gtrapprox |F|^{3+\gain}$. On the other hand, we show that the bound of $|F|^3$ is sharp if we relax the assumption that the lines point in different directions. One new feature in the argument is the introduction of a small amount of basic algebraic geometry.

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