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Counting zero-sum subsets of a finite field with a particular form

Let $\mathbb{F}$ be a finite prime field of characteristic different than $2$ and $\beta \in \mathbb{F}$ a generator of the $2$-power order multiplicative subgroup of order $2^k$, so $\beta^{2^{k-1}} =...
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On a problem about $GF(2)^n$

For $A\subseteq {\mathbb F}_2^n$ let $$ Q(A)=\{\alpha+\beta\mid \alpha,\beta \in A,\ \alpha\neq\beta \}. $$ I want to prove or disprove that if $|A|=2^k+1$ for some integer $k$, then $$ |Q(A)|\ge2^{k+...
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