DIMACS TR: 93-77

An analog of Freiman's theorem in groups



Author: Imre Z. Ruzsa

ABSTRACT

It is proved that any set A in a commutative group G where the order of elements is bounded by an integer r, having nelements and at most an sums is contained in a subgroup of size A nwith A = f(r, a) depending on r and a but not on n. This is an analog of a theorem of G. Freiman which describes the structure of such sets in the group of integers.

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