The Erdős-Heilbronn problem in Abelian groups. (Q1885600): Difference between revisions

Let \(X\) be a subset of an abelian group. We denote by \(2\wedge X\) the set of sums of two distinct elements of \(X\). Let \(A\) be a finite subset of an abelian group \(G\) and let \(p\) denote the smallest cardinality of a subgroup of \(G\). The author proves that \(|2\wedge A|\geq 2|A|-3\). If \(|G|\) is prime, this result reduces to theorem proved first by \textit{J. A. Dias da Silva} and the reviewer [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 26, 140-146 (1994; Zbl 0819.11007)].