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A Variant of Harborth Constant

Combinatorics 2022-09-30 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a finite additive abelian group. For given kk a positive integer, the kk-Harborth constant gk(G)g^k(G) is defined to be the smallest positive integer tt such that given a set SS of elements of GG with size tt there exists a zero-sum subset of size kk. We find either the exact value of gk(G)g^k(G), or lower and upper bounds for this constant for some groups.

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@article{arxiv.2209.14784,
  title  = {A Variant of Harborth Constant},
  author = {A. Lemos and B. K. Moriya and A. O. Moura and A. T. Silva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.14784},
  year   = {2022}
}
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