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On possible sums from multiset of powers of $d$

Combinatorics 2022-10-04 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Let AA be a finite multiset of powers of a positive integer d>1d>1. We describe the structure of the set span(A)\mathrm{span}(A) of all sums of submultisets of AA, and in particular give a criterion of span(A)=span(B)\mathrm{span}(A)=\mathrm{span}(B) for two multisets A,BA,B.

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@article{arxiv.2209.13798,
  title  = {On possible sums from multiset of powers of $d$},
  author = {Yizhou Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.13798},
  year   = {2022}
}