Discretized sum-product for large sets

Abstract: Let $A\subset [1, 2]$ be a $(\delta, \sigma)$-set with measure $|A|=\delta^{1-\sigma}$ in the sense of Katz and Tao. For $\sigma\in (1/2, 1)$ we show that $$ |A+A|+|AA|\gtrapprox \delta^{-c}|A|, $$ for $c=\frac{(1-\sigma)(2\sigma-1)}{6\sigma+4}$. This improves the bound of Guth, Katz, and Zahl for large $\sigma$.