On a theorem of Mattila in the p-adic setting

Abstract

Let $A,B$ be subsets of $(\mathbb{Z}/p^r\mathbb{Z}{)}^2$. In this note, we provide conditions on the densities of $A$ and $B$ such that $|gA-B|\gg p^{2r}$ for a positive proportion of $g\in S{O}_2(\mathbb{Z}/p^r\mathbb{Z})$. The conditions are sharp up to constant factors in the unbalanced case, and the proof makes use of tools from discrete Fourier analysis and results in restriction/extension theory.

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