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Random gap processes and asymptotically complete sequences

Probability 2019-09-20 v1 Combinatorics Number Theory

Abstract

We study a process of generating random positive integer weight sequences {Wn}\{ W_n \} where the gaps between the weights {Xn=WnWn1}\{ X_n = W_n - W_{n-1} \} are i.i.d. positive integer-valued random variables. We show that as long as the gap distribution has finite 12\frac{1}{2}-moment, almost surely, the resulting weight sequence is asymptotically complete, i.e., all large enough multiples of the gcd of the possible gap values can be written as a sum of distinct weights. We then show a much stronger result that if the gap distribution has a moment generating function with large enough radius of convergence, then every large enough multiple of the gcd of gap values can be written as a sum of mm distinct weights for any fixed m2m \geq 2.

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@article{arxiv.1909.08688,
  title  = {Random gap processes and asymptotically complete sequences},
  author = {Erin Crossen Brown and Sevak Mkrtchyan and Jonathan Pakianathan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.08688},
  year   = {2019}
}
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