Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/iii/paper-129/2/c/solution

Apply the preceding Fourier argument to , retaining the frequencies needed to make the oscillation of strictly smaller than its mean . The standard optimized cutoff gives a set with
such that the nonnegative function cannot fall from a maximal value to zero under any shift in . If maximizes , then
The support of a convolution of indicator functions is the corresponding sumset, so
Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

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