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import FormalConjectures.Util.ProblemImports

/-!
# Ben Green's Open Problem 82

Let $A \subset \mathbb{Z}$ be a set of size $n$. For how many $\theta \in \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$
must we have $\sum_{a \in A} \cos(2\pi a\theta) = 0$?

It is known that there must be at least $\Omega(\log n / \log \log n)$ zeros.

*Reference:*
- [Gr24] [Ben Green's Open Problem 82](https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/greenbj/papers/open-problems.pdf#problem.82)
-/

open Real Set
open scoped Finset

namespace Green82

/--
Let $A \subset \mathbb{Z}$ be a set of size $n$. For how many $\theta \in \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$
must we have $\sum_{a \in A} \cos(2\pi a\theta) = 0$?
-/
@[category research open, AMS 11 42]
theorem green_82 :
answer(sorry) ↔ ∃ f : ℕ → ℕ, ∀ n > 0, ∀ A : Finset ℤ, A.card = n →
f n ≤ ({θ : ℝ | θ ∈ Ico 0 1 ∧ ∑ a ∈ A, cos (2 * π * a * θ) = 0} : Set ℝ).ncard := by
sorry

/-- There must be at least $\Omega(\log n / \log \log n)$ zeros. -/
@[category research solved, AMS 11 42]
theorem green_82_lower_bound :
∃ c > 0, ∀ n ≥ 2, ∀ A : Finset ℤ, A.card = n →
c * log n / log (log n) ≤
({θ : ℝ | θ ∈ Ico 0 1 ∧ ∑ a ∈ A, cos (2 * π * a * θ) = 0} : Set ℝ).ncard := by
sorry

end Green82
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