Mohan–Pandey conjecture on near-minimal restricted h-fold sumsets

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Let kk be a large positive integer and let hh be a positive integer with

2hk2.2\leq h\leq k-2.

Let AA be a finite set of kk nonnegative integers with min(A)=0\min(A)=0 and d(A)=1d(A)=1, where d(A)d(A) is the greatest common divisor of all differences between elements of AA. Write hAh^{\wedge}A for the restricted hh-fold sumset, consisting of sums of hh distinct elements of AA.

Mohan–Pandey conjecture. The following implications hold:

(a) If hA=hkh2+2\left|h^{\wedge}A\right|=hk-h^2+2, then A[0,k]A\subset[0,k].

(b) If hA=hkh2+3\left|h^{\wedge}A\right|=hk-h^2+3, then A[0,k+1]A\subset[0,k+1].

(c) If hA=hkh2+4\left|h^{\wedge}A\right|=hk-h^2+4, then A[0,k+2]A\subset[0,k+2].

The conjecture extends the cited classifications of restricted double, triple, and quadruple sumsets to arbitrary positive hh in the stated range. The source describes kk only as large and gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Debyani Manna, Mohan and Ram Krishna Pandey, “Extended inverse results for restricted h-fold sumset in integers”, arXiv:2505.07415 (2025).

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