Upper Bounds for the Davenport Constant
Number Theory
2007-05-23 v3
Abstract
We prove that for all but a certain number of abelian groups of order n its Davenport constant is atmost n/k+k-1 for k=1,2,..,7. For groups of order three we improve on the existing bound involving the Alon-Dubiner constant.
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@article{arxiv.math/0601374,
title = {Upper Bounds for the Davenport Constant},
author = {R. Balasubramanian and Gautami Bhowmik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0601374},
year = {2007}
}
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article soumis, decembre 2005