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Unique representations of integers by linear forms

Number Theory 2023-03-20 v1

Abstract

Let k2k\ge 2 be an integer and let AA be a set of nonnegative integers. For a kk-tuple of positive integers λ=(λ1,,λk)\underline{\lambda} = (\lambda_{1}, \dots{} ,\lambda_{k}) with 1λ1<λ2<<λk1 \le \lambda_{1} < \lambda_{2} < \dots{} < \lambda_{k}, we define the additive representation function RA,λ(n)={(a1,,ak)Ak:λ1a1++λkak=n}R_{A,\underline{\lambda}}(n) = |\{(a_{1}, \dots{} ,a_{k})\in A^{k}: \lambda_{1}a_{1} + \dots{} + \lambda_{k}a_{k} = n\}|. For k=2k = 2, Moser constructed a set AA of nonnegative integers such that RA,λ(n)=1R_{A,\underline{\lambda}}(n) = 1 holds for every nonnegative integer nn. In this paper we characterize all the kk-tuples λ\underline{\lambda} and the sets AA of nonnegative integers with RA,λ(n)=1R_{A,\underline{\lambda}}(n) = 1 for every integer n0n\ge 0.

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@article{arxiv.2303.09878,
  title  = {Unique representations of integers by linear forms},
  author = {Sándor Z. Kiss and Csaba Sándor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.09878},
  year   = {2023}
}
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