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The Freiman-Ruzsa theorem over a finite field states that if $A\subseteq {\mathbb{F}}_p^n$ and $|A+A|\le K|A|$, then $A$ is contained in a vector subspace $H$ withAfter translating $A$, assume $0\in A$. Put $S=A-A$, and choose $X\subseteq A+S$ maximal subject to the translates $x+A$, $x\in X$, being pairwise disjoint. Since $X+A\subseteq 2A+S=3A-A$, the Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality givesso $|X|\le K^4$.

Maximality gives $A+S\subseteq X+S$: if $y\in A+S$ is not already in $X$, then $(y+A)\cap (x+A)\ne \varnothing$ for some $x\in X$, whence $y\in x+A-A=x+S$. Inductively, $mA+S\subseteq ⟨X⟩+S$ for every positive integer $m$. Because $0\in A$, every element of $⟨A⟩$ belongs to some $mA$ in the finite vector space, and thereforeFinally, $|⟨X⟩|\le p^{|X|}$ and $|S|\le K^2|A|$ by the Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality, so

If a nonempty finite set $X$ minimizes $|X+B|/|X|$ among the nonempty subsets of $A$, with minimum $K^{\prime }$, thenfor every finite set $C$. Iteration is a short proof of the Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality.

For nonempty finite subsets $A,B$ of an abelian group, $|A+B|\le K|A|$ implies that some nonempty $X\subseteq A$ satisfies this bound simultaneously for every integer $m\ge 0$, with $0B=\{0\}$. The Petridis minimal-growth lemma proves this by choosing $X$ to minimize $|X+B|/|X|$. The Ruzsa triangle inequality then gives the Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality $|kB-\ell B|\le K^{k+\ell }|A|$.

For a finite nonempty subset of an abelian group with doubling constant at most $K$, the Plünnecke-Ruzsa inequality gives $|3A-2A|\le K^5|A|$. Applying the Ruzsa covering lemma to $2(A-A)$ using $A$ gives $2T\subseteq D+T$ for $T=A-A$ and $|D|=q\le K^5$. Thus $\ell T\subseteq (\ell -1)D+T$, and counting multiplicities in the finite set $D$ proves the displayed polynomial bound. For fixed $K>1$, it is eventually at most $K^{ϵ\ell }|A|$ for every $ϵ>0$.