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On the critical pair theory in abelian groups : Beyond Chowla's Theorem

Number Theory 2009-03-04 v2

Abstract

We obtain critical pair theorems for subsets S and T of an abelian group such that |S+T| < |S|+|T|+1. We generalize some results of Chowla, Vosper, Kemperman and a more recent result due to Rodseth and one of the authors.

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@article{arxiv.math/0603478,
  title  = {On the critical pair theory in abelian groups : Beyond Chowla's Theorem},
  author = {Yahya Ould Hamidoune and Oriol Serra and Gilles Zemor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0603478},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Submitted to Combinatorica, 23 pages, revised version