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On the structure of zero-sum free set with minimum subset sums in abelian groups

Combinatorics 2018-01-03 v1

Abstract

Let GG be an additive abelian group and SGS\subset G a subset. Let Σ(S)\Sigma(S) denote the set of group elements which can be expressed as a sum of a nonempty subset of SS. We say SS is zero-sum free if 0∉Σ(S)0 \not\in \Sigma(S). It was conjectured by R.B.~Eggleton and P.~Erd\"{o}s in 1972 and proved by W.~Gao et. al. in 2008 that Σ(S)19|\Sigma(S)|\geq 19 provided that SS is a zero-sum free subset of an abelian group GG with S=6|S|=6. In this paper, we determined the structure of zero-sum free set SS where S=6|S|=6 and Σ(S)=19|\Sigma(S)|=19.

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@article{arxiv.1801.00131,
  title  = {On the structure of zero-sum free set with minimum subset sums in abelian groups},
  author = {Jiangtao Peng and Wanzhen Hui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.00131},
  year   = {2018}
}

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