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Characterizations of numerical semigroup complements via Ap\'ery sets

Number Theory 2018-03-01 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we generalize the work of Tuenter to give an identity which completely characterizes the complement of a numerical semigroup in terms of its Ap\'ery sets. Using this result, we compute the mmth power Sylvester and alternating Sylvester sums for free numerical semigroups. Explicit formulas are given for small mm.

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@article{arxiv.1705.04256,
  title  = {Characterizations of numerical semigroup complements via Ap\'ery sets},
  author = {T. Alden Gassert and Caleb McKinley Shor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.04256},
  year   = {2018}
}

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15 pages. Revisions submitted, February, 2018