On two questions about restricted sumsets in finite abelian groups
Number Theory
2016-07-20 v1
Abstract
Let be an abelian group of finite order , and let be a positive integer. A subset of is called {\em weakly -incomplete}, if not every element of can be written as the sum of distinct elements of ; in particular, if does not contain distinct elements that add to zero, then is called {\em weakly -zero-sum-free}. We investigate the maximum size of weakly -incomplete and weakly -zero-sum-free sets in , denoted by and , respectively. Among our results are the following: (i) If is of odd order and , then , unless is an elementary abelian 3-group and ; (ii) If is an elementary abelian 2-group and , then , unless .
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@article{arxiv.1607.05718,
title = {On two questions about restricted sumsets in finite abelian groups},
author = {Béla Bajnok and Samuel Edwards},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.05718},
year = {2016}
}
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15 pages