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arxiv: 1301.0095 · v2 · pith:XZK7O4UZnew · submitted 2013-01-01 · 🧮 math.CO

A New Proof of Kemperman's Theorem

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Let $G$ be an additive abelian group and let $A,B \subseteq G$ be finite and nonempty. The pair $(A,B)$ is called critical if the sumset $A+B = {a+b \mid $a \in A$ and $b\in B$}$ satisfies $|A+B| < |A| + |B|$. Vosper proved a theorem which characterizes all critical pairs in the special case when $|G|$ is prime. Kemperman generalized this by proving a structure theorem for critical pairs in an arbitrary abelian group. Here we give a new proof of Kemperman's Theorem.

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