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On Bialostocki's conjecture for zero-sum sequences

Combinatorics 2015-05-13 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

Let nn be a positive even integer, and let a1,...,ana_1,...,a_n and w1,...,wnw_1, ..., w_n be integers satisfying k=1nakk=1nwk=0(modn)\sum_{k=1}^n a_k\equiv\sum_{k=1}^n w_k =0 (mod n). A conjecture of Bialostocki states that there is a permutation σ\sigma on {1,...,n} such that k=1nwkaσ(k)=0(modn)\sum_{k=1}^n w_k a_{\sigma(k)}=0 (mod n). In this paper we confirm the conjecture when w1,...,wnw_1,...,w_n form an arithmetic progression with even common difference.

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@article{arxiv.0812.1724,
  title  = {On Bialostocki's conjecture for zero-sum sequences},
  author = {Song Guo and Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.1724},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages

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