On the sum of dilations of a set

Type: Article

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Citations: 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4064/aa164-2-5

Abstract

We show that for any relatively prime integers $1\leq p< q$ and for any finite $A \subset \mathbb {Z}$ one has $$|p \cdot A + q \cdot A | \geq (p + q) |A| - (pq)^{(p+q-3)(p+q) + 1}.$$

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