H. Cohn's finite-field correlation conjecture

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Let pp be an odd prime, and let f:Fp→Cf:\mathbb{F}_p\to\mathbb{C} satisfy f(0)=0f(0)=0, f(1)=1f(1)=1, and ∣f(a)∣=1|f(a)|=1 for every a∈Fpa\in\mathbb{F}_p. Suppose that, for every h∈Fph\in\mathbb{F}_p,

∑a∈Fpf(a)f(a+h)‾={−1if h≠0,p−1otherwise.\sum_{a\in\mathbb{F}_p}f(a)\overline{f(a+h)}=\begin{cases}-1&\text{if }h\ne0,\\p-1&\text{otherwise.}\end{cases}

H. Cohn's conjecture. Then ff is a multiplicative character on Fp\mathbb{F}_p. This problem is still open in the finite-field setting; partial results are known, but the conjecture remains unresolved.

References

Primary source

Oleksiy Klurman and Alexander P. Mangerel, “Rigidity Theorems for Multiplicative Functions”, arXiv:1707.07817 (2018).

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