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On proportionally modular numerical semigroups that are generated by arithmetic progressions

Number Theory 2024-11-11 v1

Abstract

A numerical semigroup is a submonoid of Z0{\mathbb Z}_{\ge 0} whose complement in Z0{\mathbb Z}_{\ge 0} is finite. For any set of positive integers a,b,ca,b,c, the numerical semigroup S(a,b,c)S(a,b,c) formed by the set of solutions of the inequality axmodbcxax \bmod{b} \le cx is said to be proportionally modular. For any interval [α,β][\alpha,\beta], S([α,β])S\big([\alpha,\beta]\big) is the submonoid of Z0{\mathbb Z}_{\ge 0} obtained by intersecting the submonoid of Q0{\mathbb Q}_{\ge 0} generated by [α,β][\alpha,\beta] with Z0{\mathbb Z}_{\ge 0}. For the numerical semigroup SS generated by a given arithmetic progression, we characterize a,b,ca,b,c and α,β\alpha,\beta such that both S(a,b,c)S(a,b,c) and S([α,β])S\big([\alpha,\beta]\big) equal SS.

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@article{arxiv.2011.01527,
  title  = {On proportionally modular numerical semigroups that are generated by arithmetic progressions},
  author = {Edgar Federico Elizeche and Amitabha Tripathi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.01527},
  year   = {2024}
}

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15 pages, 2 figures

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