The bounded Möbius-action intersection conjecture

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There exist constants ε0>0\varepsilon_0>0 and AA such that, for every prime pp, every multiplicative subgroup G⊆F‾p\mathcal G\subseteq\overline{\mathbb F}_p with #G≤pε0\#\mathcal G\le p^{\varepsilon_0}, and all elements α1,1,α1,2,α2,1,α2,2∈F‾p\alpha_{1,1},\alpha_{1,2},\alpha_{2,1},\alpha_{2,2}\in\overline{\mathbb F}_p satisfying

α1,1≠0,α1,2≠0,α1,1α2,2−α1,2α2,1≠0,\alpha_{1,1}\ne0,\qquad \alpha_{1,2}\ne0,\qquad \alpha_{1,1}\alpha_{2,2}-\alpha_{1,2}\alpha_{2,1}\ne0,

the relevant fractional-linear equation is well-defined wherever its denominator is nonzero. Bounded Möbius-action conjecture. The equation

α1,1u−α1,2α2,1u−α2,2=v\frac{\alpha_{1,1}u-\alpha_{1,2}}{\alpha_{2,1}u-\alpha_{2,2}}=v

has at most AA solutions (u,v)∈G2(u,v)\in\mathcal G^2. This is the conditional hypothesis used for the paper's subsequent result; the supplied text does not indicate whether it is open or resolved.

References

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Sergei V. Konyagin, Igor E. Shparlinski and Ilya V. Vyugin, “Polynomial Equations in Subgroups and Applications”, arXiv:2005.05315 (2020).

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