On the Size of Kakeya Sets in Finite Vector Spaces

  • Gohar Kyureghyan
  • Peter Müller
  • Qi Wang
Keywords: Kakeya set, finite vector space, finite fields, value set

Abstract

For a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$, a Kakeya set $K$ is a subset of $\mathbb{F}_q^n$ that contains a line in every direction. This paper derives new upper bounds on the minimum size of Kakeya sets when $q$ is even.
Published
2013-09-06
Article Number
P36