A Lower Bound for the Size of a Sum of Dilates

Abstract

Let $A$ be a subset of integers and let $2\cdot A+k\cdot A=\{2a_1+ka_2 : a_1,a_2\in A\}$. Y. O. Hamidoune and J. Ru\' e proved that if $k$ is an odd prime and $A$ a finite set of integers such that $|A|>8k^k$, then $|2\cdot A+k\cdot A|\ge (k+2)|A|-k^2-k+2$. In this paper, we extend this result for the case when $k$ is a power of an odd prime and the case when $k$ is a product of two odd primes.