Properties of two-dimensional sets with small sumset (Q966060)

Several interesting results are proved in the paper. We quote part (a) of the most important (part (b) is similar): Let \(s>1\) be an integer and let \(A,B\) be finite subsets of the real plane. (a) If \(| \text{card}(A) - \text{card}(B)| \leq s,\) \( \text{card}(A) + \text{card}(B) \geq t^2-t+1\) where \(t=2s-1,\) and \[ \text{card}(A+B) < \frac{t}{s}(\text{card}(A) + \text{card}(B)) -t, \] then \[ h_1(A,B) < s. \] Here \(h_1(A,B)\) is the minimal positive integer \(h\) such that there exits a \(1-\) dimensional (the notion is generalized in the paper) subspace \(H\) of the plane with the image of both \(A\) and \(B\) by the natural projection modulo \(H\) bounded above by \(h.\)