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On partitions of $\mathbb{Z}_{m}$ with the same representation function

Number Theory 2020-07-02 v1

Abstract

For any positive integer mm, let Zm\mathbb{Z}_{m} be the set of residue classes modulo mm. For AZmA\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_{m} and nZm\overline{n}\in \mathbb{Z}_{m}, let RA(n)R_{A}(\overline{n}) denote the number of solutions of n=a+a\overline{n}=\overline{a}+\overline{a'} with unordered pairs (a,a)A×A(\overline{a}, \overline{a'})\in A \times A. In this paper, we prove that if m=2αm=2^{\alpha} with α2\alpha\neq 2, AB=ZmA\cup B=\mathbb{Z}_{m} and AB=2|A\cap B|=2, then RA(n)=RA(n)R_{A}(\overline{n})=R_{A}(\overline{n}) for all nZm\overline{n}\in \mathbb{Z}_{m} if and only if B=A+m2B=A+\overline{\frac{m}{2}}.

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@article{arxiv.2007.00414,
  title  = {On partitions of $\mathbb{Z}_{m}$ with the same representation function},
  author = {Cui-Fang Sun and Meng-Chi Xiong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.00414},
  year   = {2020}
}

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9 pages

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