Equality conjecture for sumsets involving algebraic multipliers

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Let α\alpha be a real or complex algebraic number. For an irreducible polynomial f(x)∈Z[x]f(x)\in\mathbb{Z}[x] with factorization

f(x)=∏i=1d(aix+bi),f(x)=\prod_{i=1}^d(a_i x+b_i),

define

H(f)=∏i=1d(∣ai∣+∣bi∣).H(f)=\prod_{i=1}^d(|a_i|+|b_i|).

For real α\alpha with minimal polynomial ff, consider

lim⁡n→∞min⁡A⊂R, ∣A∣=n∣A+αA∣∣A∣⩽H(f).\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\min_{A\subset\mathbb{R},\ |A|=n}\frac{|A+\alpha A|}{|A|}\leqslant H(f).

Equality conjecture. For any real algebraic α\alpha, the inequality becomes an equality. For complex algebraic α\alpha, the analogous equality holds for A⊂CA\subset\mathbb{C}. This conjecture predicts that the upper bound obtained from the minimal polynomial exactly determines the asymptotic minimum growth of A+αAA+\alpha A; its status is not resolved in the supplied source.

References

Primary source

Dmitry Krachun and Fedor Petrov, “On the size of A+λA for algebraic λ”, arXiv:2010.00119 (2020).

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