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Solution to the index conjecture in zero-sum theory

Combinatorics 2020-11-20 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

A problem in zero-sum theory is to determine all pairs (k,n)(k,n) for which every minimal zero-sum sequence of length kk modulo nn has index 11. While all other cases have been solved more than a decade ago, the case when kk equals 44 and nn is coprime to 66 remains open. Precisely, The Index Conjecture in this subject states that if nn is coprime to 66 then every minimal zero-sum sequence of length 44 modulo nn has index 11. In this paper, we prove an equivalent version of this conjecture for all n>Nn>N for some absolute constant NN.

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@article{arxiv.2011.09521,
  title  = {Solution to the index conjecture in zero-sum theory},
  author = {Fan Ge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.09521},
  year   = {2020}
}
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