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# A lower bound concerning subset sums which do not cover all the residues modulo $p$.

Abstract : Let $c>\sqrt{2}$ and let $p$ be a prime number. J-M. Deshouillers and G. A. Freiman proved that a subset $\mathcal A$ of $\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}$, with cardinality larger than $c\sqrt{p}$ and such that its subset sums do not cover $\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}$ has an isomorphic image which is rather concentrated; more precisely, there exists $s$ prime to $p$ such that $\sum_{a\in\mathcal A}\Vert\frac{as}{p}\Vert < 1+O(p^{-1/4}\ln p),$ where the constant implied in the O'' symbol depends on $c$ at most. We show here that there exist a $K$ depending on $c$ at most, and such sets $\mathcal A$, such that for all $s$ prime to $p$ one has $\sum_{a\in\mathcal A}\Vert\frac{as}{p}\Vert>1+Kp^{-1/2}.$
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Jean-Marc Deshouillers. A lower bound concerning subset sums which do not cover all the residues modulo $p$.. Hardy-Ramanujan Journal, Hardy-Ramanujan Society, 2005, Volume 28 - 2005, pp.30-34. ⟨10.46298/hrj.2005.85⟩. ⟨hal-01110947⟩

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