 Noncommutative Ruzsa triangle inequality (source code)

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= Noncommutative Ruzsa triangle inequality
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For nonempty finite subsets $A,B,C$ of an arbitrary group,
$$
|A|\,|BC^{-1}|\leq|AB^{-1}|\,|AC^{-1}|.
$$
Choose one representation $x=b_xc_x^{-1}$ for each $x\in BC^{-1}$. The map $(a,x)\mapsto(ab_x^{-1},ac_x^{-1})$ is injective.

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