A note on a sumset in \(\mathbb{Z}_{2k}\)

Octavio A. Agustín-Aquino 1
1Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Carretera a Acatlima Km. 2.5, Huajuapan León, Oaxaca, México, C.P. 69000

Abstract

Let \( A \) and \( B \) be additive sets of \( \mathbb{Z}_{2k} \), where \( A \) has cardinality \( k \) and \( B = v \cdot C A \) with \( v \in \mathbb{Z}_{2k}^\times \). In this note, some bounds for the cardinality of \( A + B \) are obtained using four different approaches. We also prove that in a special case, the bound is not sharp and we can recover the whole group as a sumset.