  Let A, B and S be three subsets of a finite Abelian group G. The restricted
sumset of A and B with respect to S is defined as A\wedge^{S} B= {a+b: a in A,
b in B and a-b not in S}. Let L_S=max_{z in G}| {(x,y): x,y in G, x+y=z and x-y
in S}|. A simple application of the pigeonhole principle shows that
|A|+|B|>|G|+L_S implies A\wedge^S B=G. We then prove that if |A|+|B|=|G|+L_S
then |A\wedge^S B|>= |G|-2|S|. We also characterize the triples of sets (A,B,S)
such that |A|+|B|=|G|+L_S and |A\wedge^S B|= |G|-2|S|. Moreover, in this case,
we also provide the structure of the set G\setminus (A\wedge^S B).

Number Theory