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 where the gaps between the weights are i.i.d. positive integer-valued random variables. We show that as long as the gap distribution has finite -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 distinct weights for any fixed .
Cite
@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}
}