Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2022/iii/paper-129/2/i/solution

Take with . Write and ; then . Hence
belongs to . All four values of lie in the same affine subspace , and their coefficients in sum to zero, so . The hypothesis gives , precisely the additive-quadruple identity required of a Freiman homomorphism. This is the second-difference obstruction to a Freiman homomorphism.

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