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January 14, 2026Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Mathématiques1 citationsOpen Access

Marton’s conjecture in abelian groups with bounded torsion

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WGW. Timothy GowersBGBen J. GreenFMFreddie Manners

Key Points

  • The aim is to prove Marton's conjecture in full generality within the framework of abelian groups with bounded torsion.
  • Proved a Freiman–Ruzsa-type theorem with polynomial bounds.
  • Defined a non-empty subset A of an abelian group G with bounded torsion.
  • Established conditions for covering A by translates of a subgroup H.
  • A can be covered by at most (2K)^(O(m^3)) translates of a subgroup H.
  • The bounds derive from the interaction of A's structure and the torsion condition in G.

Abstract

We prove a Freiman–Ruzsa-type theorem with polynomial bounds in arbitrary abelian groups with bounded torsion, thereby proving (in full generality) a conjecture of Marton. Specifically, let G be an abelian group of torsion m (meaning m g = 0 for all g ∈ G ) and suppose that A is a non-empty subset of G with | A + A | ≤ K | A | . Then A can be covered by at most ( 2 K ) O ( m 3 ) translates of a subgroup H ≤ G of cardinality at most | A | . The argument is a variant of that used in the case G = F 2 n in a recent paper of the authors.

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Gowers et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6967191987ba607552bb919bhttps://doi.org/10.5802/afst.1839
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