The structure of Sidon set systems

EUROCOMB’23

Maximilian Wötzel

https://doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.EUROCOMB23-114

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Abstract
A family $\mathcal{F}\subset 2^G$ of subsets of an abelian group $G$ is a Sidon system if the sumsets $A+B$ with $A,B\in \mathcal{F}$ are pairwise distinct. Cilleruelo, Serra and the author previously proved that the maximum size $F_k(n)$ of a Sidon system consisting of $k$-subsets of the first $n$ positive integers satisfies $C_k n^{k-1}\leq F_k(n) \leq \binom{n-1}{k-1}+n-k$ for some constant $C_k$ only depending on $k$. We close the gap by proving an essentially tight structural result that in particular implies $F_k(n)\geq (1-o(1))\binom{n}{k-1}$. We also use this to establish a result about the size of the largest Sidon system in the binomial random family $\binom{[n]}{k}_p$. Extensions to $h$-fold sumsets for any fixed $h\geq 3$ are also obtained.

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826–831
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