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Symmetric Kneser's Theorem with Trios and $3$-Transform

Number Theory 2016-02-09 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We give a new equivalent restatement and a new proof in terms of trios to the classical Kneser's theorem. In the finite case, our restatement takes the following, particularly symmetric shape: if AA, BB, and CC are subsets of a finite abelian group GG such that A+B+CGA+B+C\ne G, then, denoting by HH the period of the sumset A+B+CA+B+C, we have A+B+CG+H. |A|+|B|+|C| \le |G|+|H|. The proof is based on an extension of the familiar Dyson transform onto set systems containing three (or more) sets.

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@article{arxiv.1602.02484,
  title  = {Symmetric Kneser's Theorem with Trios and $3$-Transform},
  author = {David J. Grynkiewicz and Vsevolod F. Lev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.02484},
  year   = {2016}
}
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