# we-solve research prompt: Math-1746, Exact structure inside a two-fold sumset

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/exact-structure-inside-a-two-fold-sumset/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 20000907; source catalogue code AIM-COMBINATORICS-0032
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\section*{Exact structure inside a two-fold sumset}\label{20000907}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 20000907 · AIM-COMBINATORICS-0032 · Combinatorics · AIM Workshop Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
For subsets of $\mathbb F_2^n$, sums are taken coordinatewise modulo two, and density means cardinality divided by $2^n$.
Given finite nonempty sets $S_1,\ldots,S_\ell\subseteq\mathbb F_2^n$, write
\[
 S_1+\cdots+S_\ell
 =\{s_1+\cdots+s_\ell:s_i\in S_i\text{ for every }i\}.
\]
Repeated sums are counted only once.
The sets $S_i$ are otherwise arbitrary and are not required to be subspaces or to have the same cardinality.

The problem asks whether there exist absolute constants $c>0$, $C\geq1$, and $D\geq1$ such that for every $n\geq1$ and every $A\subseteq\mathbb F_2^n$ of density at least $0.01$, one can find $B$ and $S_1,\ldots,S_\ell$ with
\[
 |B|\geq c2^n,\qquad B+B\subseteq A+A,\qquad
 B=S_1+\cdots+S_\ell,
\]
where $1\leq\ell\leq Dn^C$ and $1\leq|S_i|\leq Dn^C$ for all $i$.
All constants must be uniform over the dimension and over $A$.
The containment is exact, not a high-density or approximate containment.
The source's fixed density is interpreted as a lower density threshold, since exact density $1/100$ is impossible in a vector space of cardinality $2^n$.
The desired conclusion supplies a dense iterated sum of sets of polynomial size inside the additive structure already forced by $A$.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does the sumset of every fixed-density binary set contain the double sumset of a dense set built from polynomially many small summands?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 20000907 (AIM-COMBINATORICS-0032), AIM Workshop Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] American Institute of Mathematics, Additive combinatorics and its applications, item 2.55. Original workshop question underlying AIM-COMBINATORICS-0032.
\url{http://aimpl.org/addcombapp/2/}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AIM-COMBINATORICS-0032

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-20000907
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)