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The Lens of Abelian Embeddings

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We discuss a recent line of research investigating inverse theorems with respect to general k-wise correlations, and explain how such correlations arise in different contexts in mathematics. We outline some of the results that were established and their applications in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. We also mention some open problems for future research.

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Dor Minzer. 2026-02-25. The Lens of Abelian Embeddings. https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.22183

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