Nestled between number theory, combinatorics, algebra and
analysis lies a rapidly developing subject in mathematics variously
known as additive combinatorics, additive number theory, additive
group theory, and combinatorial number theory. Its main objects of
study are not abelian groups themselves, but rather the additive
structure of subsets and subsequences of an abelian group, i.e.,
sumsets and subsequence sums. This text is a hybrid of a research
monograph and an introductory graduate textbook. With few
exceptions, all results presented are self-contained, written in
great detail, and only reliant upon material covered in an advanced
undergraduate curriculum supplemented with some additional Algebra,
rendering this bookusable as an entry-level text. However, it will
perhaps be of even more interest to researchers already in the
field.
The majority of material is not found in book form and includes
many new results as well. Even classical results, when included,
are given in greater generality or using new proof variations. The
text has a particular focus on results of a more exact and precise
nature, results with strong hypotheses and yet stronger
conclusions, and on fundamental aspects of the theory. Also
included are intricate results often neglected in other texts owing
to their complexity. Highlights include an extensive treatment of
Freiman Homomorphisms and the Universal Ambient Group of sumsets
A+B, an entire chapter devoted to Hamidoune s Isoperimetric Method,
a novel generalization allowing infinite summands in finite sumset
questions, weighted zero-sum problems treated in the general
context of viewing homomorphisms as weights, and simplified proofs
of the Kemperman Structure Theorem and the Partition Theorem for
setpartitions."
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