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For $k\ge 2$, the following precise cardinality-controlled cyclic Freiman model suffices. If $A\subseteq \mathbb{Z}$ is nonempty, $|A|=n$ and $D=kA-kA$ has $|D|\le Cn$, there is $A^{\prime }\subseteq A$ withHere ${\cong }_k$ means a bijection preserving and reflecting all equalities of $k$-term sums, a Freiman s-isomorphism of order $s=k$. The same construction works for $k=1$ if only injectivity is needed.

Choose an auxiliary prime $P$ larger than $N$ and every nonzero absolute value in $D$, and large enough to embed the finite set $A$ injectively modulo $P$. Multiply its residues by a uniformly chosen nonzero residue $u$. For a fixed $d\in D\setminus \{0\}$, $ud$ is uniform among the $P-1$ nonzero residues. The forbidden residues areof number at most $2(P-1)/N$. The union bound says that the probability some nonzero $d\in D$ enters $\mathcal{F}$ is at most $2(|D|-1)/N<1$. Fix a multiplier avoiding every forbidden event.

Let $\tilde{a}\in \{0,\dots ,P-1\}$ represent $ua(\mathrm{mod}P)$. Partition that range into $k+1$ half-open intervals of length $P/(k+1)$ and retain the most populated interval; it supplies $A^{\prime }$ with $|A^{\prime }|\ge n/(k+1)$. Define the model map by $\theta (a)=\tilde{a}(\mathrm{mod}N)$. For two $k$-term sums of retained representatives, their difference $T$ has $|T|<P$. If the original sums are equal, then $T\equiv 0(\mathrm{mod}P)$, hence $T=0$, so the model preserves the equality.

Conversely, if the model sums are equal, then $T$ is a multiple of $N$. If their original difference $d\in D$ were nonzero, it would satisfy $ud\equiv T(\mathrm{mod}P)$ with $0<|T|<P$, contradicting the forbidden-event choice. If $T=0$ directly, $ud\equiv 0$ implies $d=0$ too by the choice of $P$. Thus the equality is reflected. Padding equal one-term images with $k-1$ copies of a fixed retained element shows that the map is injective. This proves the Freiman s-isomorphism and the claimed bound on the cyclic modulus, independently of the diameter of $A$.