English

A reciprocity on finite abelian groups involving zero-sum sequences

Combinatorics 2021-04-21 v2 Commutative Algebra Number Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we present a reciprocity on finite abelian groups involving zero-sum sequences. Let GG and HH be finite abelian groups with (G,H)=1(|G|,|H|)=1. For any positive integer mm, let M(G,m)\mathsf M(G,m) denote the set of all zero-sum sequences over GG of length mm. We have the following reciprocity M(G,H)=M(H,G).|\mathsf M(G,|H|)|=|\mathsf M(H,|G|)|. Moreover, we provide a combinatorial interpretation of the above reciprocity using ideas from rational Catalan combinatorics. We also present and explain some other symmetric relationships on finite abelian groups with methods from invariant theory. Among others, we partially answer a question proposed by Panyushev in a generalized version.

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@article{arxiv.1905.11949,
  title  = {A reciprocity on finite abelian groups involving zero-sum sequences},
  author = {Dongchun Han and Hanbin Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.11949},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

19 pages, accepted by SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics

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