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Compression and complexity for sumset sizes in additive number theory

Number Theory 2026-04-07 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

The study of sums of finite sets of integers has mostly concentrated on sets with small sumsets (Freiman's theorem and related work) and on sets with large sumsets (Sidon sets and BhB_h-sets). This paper considers the sets RZ(h,k){\mathcal R}_{\mathbf Z}(h,k) and RZn(h,k){\mathcal R}_{{\mathbf Z}^n}(h,k) of \emph{all} sizes of hh-fold sums of sets of kk integers or of kk lattice points, and the geometric and computational complexity of the sets RZ(h,k){\mathcal R}_{\mathbf Z}(h,k) and RZn(h,k){\mathcal R}_{{\mathbf Z}^n}(h,k). For sumsets hAhA with large diameter, there is a compression algorithm to construct sets AA' with hA=hA|hA'| = |hA| and small diameter.

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@article{arxiv.2505.20998,
  title  = {Compression and complexity for sumset sizes in additive number theory},
  author = {Melvyn B. Nathanson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.20998},
  year   = {2026}
}

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17 pages

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