The eigenspace-control conjecture for linear approximate groups

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Let F\mathbb F be an algebraically closed field, let d≥1d\geq1, and let A⊂GL⁡d(F)A\subset\operatorname{GL}_d(\mathbb F) be a KK-approximate group. Suppose every a∈A2a\in A^2 has an eigenspace of dimension (1−c)d(1-c)d. The eigenspace-control conjecture. There exist subspaces V1⊂V2⊂FdV_1\subset V_2\subset\mathbb F^d with

dim⁡V2−dim⁡V1>cd\dim V_2-\dim V_1>cd

such that at least (2K)−O(dO(1))∣A2∣(2K)^{-O(d^{O(1)})}|A^2| elements a∈A2a\in A^2 have some λ∈F\lambda\in\mathbb F satisfying (a−λ)V2⊂V1(a-\lambda)V_2\subset V_1. This is proposed as a strengthening of the paper's regular-element proposition, removing its log⁡log⁡d\log\log d loss; it remains open.

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Carl Schildkraut, “Abelian structure in approximate groups and Alon's conjecture on Ramsey Cayley graphs”, arXiv:2512.15125 (2025).

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