Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality

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Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-11-05
Let be nonempty finite subsets of an abelian group, and suppose . For nonnegative integers ,
where . A Plünnecke inequality minimizing subset has for every nonnegative . The Ruzsa triangle inequality therefore gives
The empty-set exclusion is needed for the positive denominator and the growth hypothesis.[ref]

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