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On the Finite Field Kakeya Problem in Two Dimensions

arXiv:math/0510356

Abstract

A two-dimensional Besicovitch set over a finite field is a subset of the finite plane containing a line in each direction. In this paper, we conjecture a sharp lower bound for the size of such a subset and prove some results toward this conjecture.

9 pages; added mention of an alternate proof of the Incidence Formula; included mention of the recent related result of Joshua Cooper. to appear in "Journal of Number Theory"

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