Growth in \(\mathrm{SL}_3(\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z)\). (Q2429781)

Summary: Let \(G=\mathrm{SL}_3(\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z)\), \(p\) a prime. Let \(A\) be a set of generators of \(G\). Then \(A\) grows under the group operation. To be precise: denote by \(|S|\) the number of elements of a finite set \(S\). Assume \(|A|<|G|^{1-\varepsilon}\) for some \(\varepsilon>0\). Then \(|A\cdot A\cdot A|>|A|^{1+\delta}\), where \(\delta>0\) depends only on \(\varepsilon\).