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A Freiman 2-isomorphism between subsets of abelian groups is a bijection $\varphi$ such thatBoth directions matter: an injective homomorphism on individual elements may still create new pair-sum relations. More generally a Freiman s-isomorphism preserves equalities of sums of $s$ elements in both directions. For a nonempty finite set, its doubling constant is $\sigma [A]=|A+A|/|A|$. A Freiman 2-isomorphism preserves this constant, since $a+b\mapsto \varphi (a)+\varphi (b)$ is a well-defined bijection of the two sumsets.

First let $A\subseteq \mathbb{Z}$ have $n$ elements and doubling at most $K$. The permitted Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality gives $|2A-2A|\le K^{4}n$. We will obtain the half-size prime cyclic Freiman model for every prime $p>4K^{4}n$. Choose an auxiliary prime $q>p$ larger than the absolute value of every member of $2A-2A$. Such a prime exists: for any integer bound $M$, every prime divisor of $M!+1$ exceeds $M$.

Choose $\lambda$ uniformly from the nonzero residues modulo $q$. For each nonzero $d\in 2A-2A$, the residue $\lambda d$ is uniform among the nonzero residues. PutThere are at most $2(q-1)/p$ such residues, and therefore the probability that any of the nonzero differences is dilated into $T$ is at mostThe first cardinal estimate is an upper bound even if some listed residues coincide; the slightly looser probability bound is convenient. Thus there exists $\lambda$ with no such bad difference.

For this $\lambda$, let $t_a\in \{0,\dots ,q-1\}$ represent $\lambda a$. Split these representatives into the two intervals $[0,(q-1)/2]$ and $[(q+1)/2,q-1]$. Take $A^{\prime }$ from the more populated interval, so $|A^{\prime }|\ge n/2$. For any four elements of $A^{\prime }$, put $D=t_{a_1}+t_{a_2}-t_{a_3}-t_{a_4}$. Their common half-interval gives $|D|<q$, andIf the original difference is zero, then $D$ is a multiple of $q$ of absolute value less than $q$, so $D=0$. If the original difference is nonzero, $D$ is nonzero, and it cannot be a multiple of $p$: otherwise its residue belongs to $T$, contrary to the choice of $\lambda$. Therefore $a\mapsto t_a(\mathrm{mod}p)$ preserves pair-sum relations in both directions. It is injective as well, by applying the relation test to $a+a_0=b+a_0$ with any fixed $a_0\in A^{\prime }$. HenceThis proves the stated polynomial bound, including the prescribed prime rather than just an unspecified cyclic modulus.

Now let $A\subseteq {\mathbb{F}}_2^{\infty }$. Finiteness of $A$ places it in some finite-dimensional coordinate space, so models exist. Choose a Freiman 2-isomorphism $A\to C\subseteq {\mathbb{F}}_2^m$ with $m$ minimal. The doubling constant of $C$ is at most $K$.

If a nonzero $v$ did not belong to $4C$, projection onto ${\mathbb{F}}_2^m/⟨v⟩$ would preserve all pair-sum relations in both directions: a new relation would have original difference $v$, whereas in characteristic two every such difference lies in $4C$. Projection is also injective on $C$, since $C+C\subseteq 4C$ by adding any element of $C$ twice. This would give a model in dimension $m-1$, contradicting minimality. Consequently every nonzero vector belongs to $4C$; zero belongs as well, by adding one element four times. Thus $4C={\mathbb{F}}_2^m$.

Using the Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality once more givesThis is the minimal binary Freiman models have full fourfold sumset argument. It also covers a singleton, with $m=0$.