Semiaffine sets in Abelian groups

Abstract: A subset

X

of an Abelian group

G

is called

s e m i a f! f i n e

if for every

x, y, z i n X

the set

x + y - z, x - y + z

intersects

X

. We prove that a subset

X

of an Abelian group

G

is semiaffine if and only if one of the following conditions holds: (1)

X = (H + a) c u p (H + b)

for some subgroup

H

of

G

and some elements

a, b i n X

; (2)

X = (H s e t m i n u s C) + g

for some

g i n G

, some subgroup

H

of

G

and some midconvex subset

C

of the group

H

. A subset

C

of a group

H

is

m i d c o n v e x

if for every

x, y i n C

, the set

f r a c x + y 2 := z i n H : 2 z = x + y

is a subset of

C

.

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