Subset sums in $\BZ_p$
Combinatorics
2007-05-23 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
Let be the finite field of prime order and be a subset of . We prove several sharp results about the following two basic questions: (1) When can one represent zero as a sum of distinct elements of ? (2) When can one represent every element of as a sum of distinct elements of ?
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@article{arxiv.math/0610200,
title = {Subset sums in $\BZ_p$},
author = {H. H. Nguyen and E. Szemeredi and V. H. Vu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0610200},
year = {2007}
}