The elementary subgroup conjecture for Sidon sets in Fp2\mathbf{F}_p^2

Let pp be prime and let G=Fp2G=\mathbf{F}_p^2. Suppose SGS\subset G is a Sidon set of size pp. Define

T=G(SS){0}.T=G\setminus(S-S)\cup\{0\}.

Elementary subgroup conjecture. The set TT is a subgroup.

If true, the results cited in the source would imply that SS is a parabola. The authors describe this as a basic case they are unable to solve, so it remains open.

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Sean Eberhard and Freddie Manners, “The apparent structure of dense Sidon sets”, arXiv:2107.05744 (2023).

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