Type: Article
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Citations: 29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4064/aa164-3-2
We describe all sets $A \subseteq {\mathbb F}_p$ which represent the quadratic residues $R \subseteq {\mathbb F}_p$ in the sense that $R=A+A$ or $R=A\mathbin {\hat{+} }A$. Also, we consider the case of an approximate equality $R \approx A+A$ and $R \appro