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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The sum-product problem

Abstract

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The sum-product problem of Erdos and Szemeredi asserts that any subset of the integers has many products or many sums. We explore quantitative aspects of the problem over both the real numbers and finite fields of prime order.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Mathematics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2019

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Shakan, George
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Ford, Kevin
  • Zaharascu, Alexandru
  • Erdogan, Burak
  • Balog, Jozsef

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright 2019 George Shakan
Language dc:language
en

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104963
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/104963

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Shakan, George. The sum-product problem. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104963