Result: The inverse sieve problem in high dimensions

Title:
The inverse sieve problem in high dimensions
Authors:
Source:
CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Duke Math. J. 161, no. 10 (2012), 2001-2022
Publication Status:
Preprint
Publisher Information:
Duke University Press, 2012.
Publication Year:
2012
Document Type:
Academic journal Article<br />Other literature type
File Description:
application/pdf
ISSN:
0012-7094
DOI:
10.1215/00127094-1645788
DOI:
10.48550/arxiv.1105.1551
Rights:
arXiv Non-Exclusive Distribution
CC BY NC SA
Accession Number:
edsair.doi.dedup.....b69991aff7fe0d304c303dcc3da1a44c
Database:
OpenAIRE

Further Information

We show that if a big set of integer points in [0,N]^d, d>1, occupies few residue classes mod p for many primes p, then it must essentially lie in the solution set of some polynomial equation of low degree. This answers a question of Helfgott and Venkatesh.
15 pages. Added more examples in Section 5 and some minor changes