Hyper-atoms and the critical pair Theory

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Authors: Yahya Ould Hamidoune 

Publication date: 22 May 2008

Abstract: We introduce the notion of a hyper-atom. One of the main results of this paper is the $frac2|G|3$--Theorem: Let $S$ be a finite generating subset of an abelian group $G$ of order $ge2$. Let $T$ be a finite subset of $G$ such that $2le|S|le|T|$, $S+T$ is aperiodic, $0inScapT$ and ${\displaystyle }$ frac{2|G|+2}3ge |S+T|= |S|+|T|-1.${\displaystyle }$ Let $H$ be a hyper-atom of $S$. Then $S$ and $T$ are $H$--quasi-periodic. Moreover $phi(S)$ and $phi(T)$ are arithmetic progressions with the same difference, where $phi:GmapstoG/H$ denotes the canonical morphism. This result implies easily the traditional critical pair Theory and its basic stone: Kemperman's Structure Theorem.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Representation functions (11B34)

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