Does the set of differences of a Lebesgue measurable set contains elements of at most a certain length? I want to show that if $E\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is a Lebesgue measurable set where $\lambda(E)>0$, then $E-E=\{x-y:x,y\in E\}\supseteq\{z\in\mathbb{R}^n:|z|<\delta\}$ for some $\delta>0$, where $|z|=\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^n z_i^2}$.
My approach is this. Take some $J$, a box in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with equal side lengths such that $\lambda(E\cap J)>3\lambda(J)/4$. Setting $\epsilon=3\lambda(J)/2$, take $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$ such that $|x|\leq\epsilon$. Then $E\cap J\subseteq J$ and 
$$((E\cap J)+x)\cup(E\cap J)\subseteq J\cup(J+x).$$
Since Lebesgue measure is translation invariant, it follows that $\lambda((E\cap J)+x)=\lambda(E\cap J)$, and so $((E\cap J)+x)\cap(E\cap J)\neq\emptyset$.
If it were empty, then $$2\lambda(E\cap J)=\lambda(((E\cap J)+x)\cup(E\cap J))\leq\lambda(J\cup(J+x))\leq 3\lambda(J)/2,$$ thus $\lambda(E\cap J)\leq 3\lambda(J)/4$, a contradiction. 
Then $((E\cap J)+x)\cap (E\cap J)\neq\emptyset$, and so $x\in (E\cap J)-(E\cap J)\subseteq E-E$. Thus $E-E$ contains the box of $x$ such that $|x|\leq \epsilon$.
Is this valid? If not, can it be fixed? Many thanks.
 A: This is answered here, I will just post another approach that can be useful.
Lemma. If $K$ is a compact subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$  with positive measure, then the set $$D:=\{x-y:x,y\in K\}$$ contains an open ball centered at the origin.
Proof. Since $0\lt \lambda(K)\lt\infty$, there exist an open set $G$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ such that
$$K\subset G\text{ and } \lambda (G)\lt 2\lambda(K)$$
and as its complement $G^c:=\mathbb{R}^n\setminus G$ is closed and $K$ is compact, we have $$\delta:=d(K,G^c)\gt 0.$$ We claim that if $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$ with $||x||\lt\delta$ then $K+x\subseteq G$. If not, there exist a $y\in K$ s.t. $y+x\not\in G$ and then $$\delta=d(K,G^c)\leq ||y-(x+y)||=||x||,$$
which is absurd if we assume that $||x||\lt\delta$ to begin with. Now $K+x\subseteq G$ and $K\subseteq G$, thus $(K+x)\cup K\subseteq G$. If $(K+x)\cap K=\emptyset$, then
$$\lambda(G)\geq \lambda((K+x)\cup K)=\lambda(K+x)+\lambda(K)=2\lambda(K)$$ which contradicts the choice of $G$. So, for all $x\in B(0,\delta)$ we have $(K+x)\cap K\neq\emptyset$, therefore $B(0,\delta)\subset D$. QED
Theorem. Let $E\subseteq\mathbb{R}^d$. If if $E$ is measurable and $\lambda(E)\gt 0$ then the set $$E-E:=\{x-y:x,y\in E\}$$ contains an open ball centered at the origin.
Proof. Since $\mathbb{R}^d=\bigcup_{n\in\mathbb N}B(0,n)$ we have
$$E=E\cap\mathbb{R}^d=\bigcup_{n\in\mathbb N}E\cap B(0,n),$$
then $$0\lt\lambda(E)\leq \sum_{n\in\mathbb{N}} \lambda(E\cap B(0,n))$$ and then, there exist a $n\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $\lambda(E\cap B(0,n))\gt 0$. Let $F=E\cap B(0,n)$. Thus $F\subseteq E$ is bounded and measurable, therefore there exist a closed set $K\subseteq F$ such that $$0\lt \frac{\lambda(F)}{2}\lt \lambda(K).$$ Notice that $K$ is closed and bounded, that means it is a compact set with positive measure. By the Lemma the set $K-K$ contains an open ball centered at the origin say $B$. Then $$B\subset K-K\subseteq E-E$$ as we wanted.
Note. The idea of proceeding in this way is taken from Robert Bartle, I don't remember right now the book where this come from.
