The restricted sumsets in finite abelian groups

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Main Authors: Du, Shanshan, Pan, Hao
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author Du, Shanshan
Pan, Hao
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Pan, Hao
contents Suppose that $k\geq 2$ and $A$ is a non-empty subset of a finite abelian group $G$ with $|G|>1$. Then the cardinality of the restricted sumset $$ k^\wedge A:=\{a_1+\cdots+a_k:\,a_1,\ldots,a_k\in A,\ a_i\neq a_j\text{ for }i\neq j\} $$ is at least $$ \min\{p(G), k|A|-k^2+1\}, $$ where $p(G)$ denotes the least prime divisor of $|G|$.
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spellingShingle The restricted sumsets in finite abelian groups
Du, Shanshan
Pan, Hao
Combinatorics
Number Theory
Suppose that $k\geq 2$ and $A$ is a non-empty subset of a finite abelian group $G$ with $|G|>1$. Then the cardinality of the restricted sumset $$ k^\wedge A:=\{a_1+\cdots+a_k:\,a_1,\ldots,a_k\in A,\ a_i\neq a_j\text{ for }i\neq j\} $$ is at least $$ \min\{p(G), k|A|-k^2+1\}, $$ where $p(G)$ denotes the least prime divisor of $|G|$.
title The restricted sumsets in finite abelian groups
topic Combinatorics
Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03549