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Small asymmetric sumsets in elementary abelian 2-groups

Combinatorics 2018-06-07 v2

Abstract

Let A and B be subsets of an elementary abelian 2-group G, none of which are contained in a coset of a proper subgroup. Extending onto potentially distinct summands a result of Hennecart and Plagne, we show that if |A+B|<|A|+|B|, then either A+B=G, or the complement of A+B in G is contained in a coset of a subgroup of index at least 8, whence |A+B| is at least 7/8 |G|. We indicate conditions for the containment to be strict, and establish a refinement in the case where the sizes of A and B differ significantly.

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@article{arxiv.1109.4670,
  title  = {Small asymmetric sumsets in elementary abelian 2-groups},
  author = {Chaim Even-Zohar and Vsevolod F. Lev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.4670},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages

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