Quantitative Aspects of the Idempotent Theorem

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Proves a quantitative idempotent theorem: an integer‑valued (or ±1) function with small Fourier algebra norm m decomposes as a signed sum of few subgroup coset indicators — previous doubly‑exponential bounds drop to about exp(O(m^4)) many cosets. Key tools are additive‑energy arguments + Balog–Szemerédi–Gowers/Freiman input, a Chang/Rudin type structural lemma to find a subgroup of codimension O(m), and an L^p bootstrapping that forces ε to be exponentially small; the construction is effective and yields the stated bound.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:15Group projections and decompositions
3. 10:02Projection norms and quality
4. 12:31Representations and decompositions
5. 23:49Idempotent Theorems
6. 34:17Decomposing functions with subgroups
7. 41:14Decomposition challenges
8. 45:34Quantitative continuity and subgroups
9. 52:12Improving bounds and results
10. 57:23Summary