Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/iii/paper-129/1/b/solution

Let be a subspace with much larger than , and choose linearly independent vectors whose images are independent modulo . Set
Then , while is the union of , the disjoint cosets , and at most exceptional sums . Hence
Every subspace containing must contain and all , so it has at least elements. Thus the exponential dependence on in the Freiman-Ruzsa theorem over a finite field cannot in general be replaced by a subexponential one.
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