The concept of an "approximate group" arises in the field of group theory and is particularly relevant in the study of discrete groups, geometric group theory, and number theory. An approximate group can be thought of as a structure that shares some properties with groups but does not necessarily satisfy all group axioms in a strict sense.
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A -approximate group is a finite symmetric subset of a group for which some set with satisfies . In additive notation the covering condition is .