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Detailed Structure for Freiman's 3k-3 Theorem

Number Theory 2013-08-06 v1

Abstract

Let A be a finite set of integers. We prove that if |A| is at least 2 and |A+A| is 3|A|-3, then one of the following is true: 1. A is a bi-arithmetic progression; 2. A+A contains an arithmetic progression of length 2|A|-1; 3. |A| is 6 and A is Freiman isomorphic to the set {(0,0),(0,1),(0,2),(1,0),(1,1),(2,0)}; 4. A is Freiman isomorphic to a set in either the form of {0,2,...,2k} union B union {n} for some non-negative integer k at most n/2 -2 or the form of {0} union C union D union {n}, where n=2|A|-2, B is left dense in [2k,n-1], C is right dense in [1,u] for some u in [4,n-6], D is left dense in [u+2,n-1], B,C,D are anti-symmetric and additively minimal in the correspondent host intervals.

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@article{arxiv.1308.0741,
  title  = {Detailed Structure for Freiman's 3k-3 Theorem},
  author = {Renling Jin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.0741},
  year   = {2013}
}
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