A stable arithmetic regularity lemma in finite abelian groups
Speaker:
Caroline Terry, University of Chicago
Date and Time:
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
The arithmetic regularity lemma for $\mathbb{F}_p^n$ (first proved by Green in 2005) states that given $A\subseteq \F_p^n$, there exists $H\leq \F_p^n$ of bounded index such that $A$ is Fourier-uniform
with respect to almost all cosets of $H$. In general, the growth of the index of $H$ is required to be of tower type depending on the degree of uniformity, and must also allow for a small number of non-uniform elements. Previously, in joint work with Wolf, we showed that under a natural model theoretic assumption, called stability, the bad bounds and non-uniform elements are not necessary. In this talk, we present results extending this work to stable subsets of arbitrary finite abelian groups.
This is joint work with Julia Wolf.