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A reciprocity on finite abelian groups involving zero-sum sequences II

Combinatorics 2022-02-01 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a finite abelian group. For any positive integers dd and mm, let φG(d)\varphi_G(d) be the number of elements in GG of order dd and M(G,m)\mathsf M(G,m) be the set of all zero-sum sequences of length mm. In this paper, for any finite abelian group HH, we prove that M(G,H)=M(H,G)|\mathsf M(G,|H|)|=|\mathsf M(H,|G|)| if and only if φG(d)=φH(d)\varphi_G(d)=\varphi_H(d) for any d(G,H)d|(|G|,|H|). We also consider an extension of this result to non-abelian groups in terms of invariant theory.

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@article{arxiv.2201.12821,
  title  = {A reciprocity on finite abelian groups involving zero-sum sequences II},
  author = {Mao-Sheng Li and Hanbin Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.12821},
  year   = {2022}
}

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