Additive systems and a theorem of de Bruijn
Number Theory
2014-01-03 v2 Combinatorics
Abstract
This paper gives a complete proof of a theorem of de Bruijn that classifies additive systems for the nonnegative integers, that is, families of sets of nonnegative integers, each set containing 0, such that every nonnegative integer can be written uniquely in the form with for all and for only finitely many . All indecomposable additive systems are determined.
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@article{arxiv.1301.6208,
title = {Additive systems and a theorem of de Bruijn},
author = {Melvyn B. Nathanson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.6208},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
12 pages, revised