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Erdős problem 510

Chowla's cosine problem

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Chowla's cosine problem

If A⊂NA\subset \mathbb{N} is a finite set of positive integers of size N>0N > 0 then is there some absolute constant c>0c>0 and θ\theta such that ∑n∈Acos⁡(nθ)<−cN1/2?\sum_{n\in A}\cos(n\theta) < -cN^{1/2}?

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sorry ↔  ∃ c,    ∃ (_ : 0 < c),      ∀ᶠ (N : ℕ) in Filter.atTop, ∀ (A : Finset ℕ), 0 ∉ A → A.card = N → ∃ θ, ∑ n ∈ A, Real.cos (↑n * θ) < -c * √↑N
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