# The generalized k-resultant modulus set problem in finite fields

## TL;DR

This paper investigates the size of the generalized k-resultant modulus set in finite fields, establishing new lower bounds under certain size conditions of the sets, and improves previous results by removing an epsilon term from the exponents.

## Contribution

It extends previous work by providing sharper bounds for the size of the generalized k-resultant modulus set in finite fields, removing the epsilon from the exponents.

## Key findings

- If the product of set sizes exceeds a certain threshold, the resultant set covers a positive proportion of the field.
- Improved bounds for the size of the resultant set for specific dimensions and number of sets.
- Generalization of previous results with tighter exponents and removal of epsilon in the bounds.

## Abstract

Let $\mathbb F_q^d$ be the $d$-dimensional vector space over the finite field $\mathbb F_q$ with $q$ elements. Given $k$ sets $E_j\subset \mathbb F_q^d$ for $j=1,2,\ldots, k$, the generalized $k$-resultant modulus set, denoted by $\Delta_k(E_1,E_2, \ldots, E_k)$, is defined by $$ \Delta_k(E_1,E_2, \ldots, E_k)=\left\{\|{\bf x}^1+{\bf x}^2+\cdots+{\bf x}^k\|\in \mathbb F_q:{\bf x}^j\in E_j,\, j=1,2,\ldots, k\right\},$$ where $\|{\bf y}\|={\bf y}_1^2+ \cdots + {\bf y}_d^2$ for ${\bf y}=({\bf y}_1, \ldots, {\bf y}_d)\in \mathbb F_q^d.$ We prove that if $\prod\limits_{j=1}^3 |E_j| \ge C q^{3\left(\frac{d+1}{2} -\frac{1}{6d+2}\right)}$ for $d=4,6$ with a sufficiently large constant $C>0$, then $|\Delta_3(E_1,E_2,E_3)|\ge cq$ for some constant $0<c\le 1,$ and if $\prod\limits_{j=1}^4 |E_j| \ge C q^{4\left(\frac{d+1}{2} -\frac{1}{6d+2}\right)}$ for even $d\ge 8,$ then $|\Delta_4(E_1,E_2,E_3, E_4)|\ge cq.$ This generalizes the previous result in \cite{CKP16}. We also show that if $\prod\limits_{j=1}^3 |E_j| \ge C q^{3\left(\frac{d+1}{2} -\frac{1}{9d-18}\right)}$ for even $d\ge 8,$ then $|\Delta_3(E_1,E_2,E_3)|\ge cq.$ This result improves the previous work in \cite{CKP16} by removing $\varepsilon>0$ from the exponent.