Solution

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The Freiman-Ruzsa theorem over a finite field states that if and , then is contained in a vector subspace with
After translating , assume . Put , and choose maximal subject to the translates , , being pairwise disjoint. Since , the Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality gives
so .
Maximality gives : if is not already in , then for some , whence . Inductively, for every positive integer . Because , every element of belongs to some in the finite vector space, and therefore
Finally, and by the Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality, so
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