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On the index-conjecture of length four minimal zero-sum sequences II

Number Theory 2014-01-31 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a finite cyclic group. Every sequence SS over GG can be written in the form S=(n1g)...(nlg)S=(n_1g)\cdot...\cdot(n_lg) where gGg\in G and n1,,nl[1,ord(g)]n_1,\cdots,n_l\in[1,{\hbox{\rm ord}}(g)], and the index \indS\ind S of SS is defined to be the minimum of (n1++nl)/ord(g)(n_1+\cdots+n_l)/\hbox{\rm ord}(g) over all possible gGg\in G such that g=G\langle g\rangle=G. A conjecture says that if GG is finite such that gcd(G,6)=1\gcd(|G|,6)=1, then \ind(S)=1\ind(S)=1 for every minimal zero-sum sequence SS. In this paper, we prove that the conjecture holds if SS is reduced and the (A1) condition is satisfied(see [19]).

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@article{arxiv.1401.7981,
  title  = {On the index-conjecture of length four minimal zero-sum sequences II},
  author = {Caixia Shen and Li-meng Xia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.7981},
  year   = {2014}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1303.1682, arXiv:1303.1676 by other authors