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Ben Green works on additive combinatorics and number theory. With Emmanuel Breuillard and Terence Tao, he proved a structure theorem for approximate groups, extending the study of sets with small product growth beyond commutative groups.^[ref]

He also coauthored the characteristic-two proof of the polynomial Freiman–Ruzsa conjecture with Timothy Gowers, Freddie Manners and Terence Tao. Both projects turn limited growth under addition or multiplication into structural information; the later proof makes entropy a central quantitative tool.^[ref]

For mutually independent random variables $U,V,V^{\prime }$ taking values in ${\mathbb{F}}_2^n$, with $V,V^{\prime }$ identically distributed,Here $H$ is Shannon entropy. Apply the Entropic Ruzsa triangle inequality in its entropy form to $V,-V^{\prime },-U$:Since every vector equals its negative over the two-element finite field, this is the claimed all-plus inequality.^[ref]

In a general abelian group the last term remains $H(V^{\prime }-U)$; it cannot simply be rewritten as $H(V^{\prime }+U)$. The group and sign conventions are therefore part of this statement. This form is useful when Shannon entropy replaces cardinality in binary additive combinatorics.

Freddie Manners works on additive combinatorics and its connections with number theory, analysis and ergodic theory. His UC San Diego profile also uses the name Frederick Manners.^[ref]

With Timothy Gowers, Ben Green and Terence Tao, he proved the polynomial Freiman–Ruzsa conjecture in characteristic two. The paper connects additive structure with entropy: sets or random variables whose sums grow unusually little must possess substantial algebraic organization. Its entropy formulation makes inequalities about sums part of a structural theorem in additive combinatorics.^[ref]

Let $U,V,X,Y$ take values in the vector space ${\mathbb{F}}_2^n$ over the two-element finite field. In this additive group, subtraction equals addition. Suppose $(U,V)$ is a C-relevant pair of random variables relative to $(X,Y)$, and take mutually independent copies $U_1,U_2,V_1,V_2$. Then $(U_1+U_2,V_1+V_2)$ is $2C$-relevant to $(X,Y)$.

For a proof, let $S=U_1+U_2$ and take an independent representative of $X$. The entropy submodularity for three independent sums givesso the definition of Entropic Ruzsa distance yieldsThe last step is the Entropic Ruzsa triangle inequality. Apply the same argument to $V_1+V_2,Y$ and add the inequalities.^[ref]

The binary finite field hypothesis makes the displayed self-sum argument agree with the difference convention in Entropic Ruzsa distance. On a general abelian group, signs must be retained explicitly.