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Let $E_1,\dots,E_n \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be compact sets of positive diameter with Feng--Wu thickness at least $c>0$. Feng and Wu proved that $E_1+\cdots+E_n$ has non-empty interior when $n>2^{11}c^{-3}+1$. We show that \[n>\frac{\sqrt…
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