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Weighted EGZ Constant for p-groups of rank 2

Number Theory 2019-06-13 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a finite abelian group of exponent nn, written additively, and let AA be a subset of Z\mathbb{Z}. The constant sA(G)s_A(G) is defined as the smallest integer \ell such that any sequence over GG of length at least \ell has an AA-weighted zero-sum of length nn and ηA(G)\eta_A(G) defined as the smallest integer \ell such that any sequence over GG of length at least \ell has an AA-weighted zero-sum of length at most nn. Here we prove that, for αβ\alpha \geq \beta, and A={xN  :  1apα  \mboxand  gcd(a,p)=1}A=\left\{x\in\mathbb{N}\; : \; 1 \le a \le p^{\alpha} \; \mbox{ and }\; \gcd(a, p) = 1\right \}, we have sA(ZpαZpβ)=ηA(ZpαZpβ)+pα1=pα+α+βs_{A}(\mathbb{Z}_{p^{\alpha}}\oplus \mathbb{Z}_{p^\beta}) = \eta_A(\mathbb{Z}_{p^{\alpha}}\oplus \mathbb{Z}_{p^\beta}) + p^{\alpha}-1 = p^{\alpha} + \alpha +\beta and classify all the extremal AA-weighted zero-sum free sequences.

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@article{arxiv.1810.13021,
  title  = {Weighted EGZ Constant for p-groups of rank 2},
  author = {Filipe Oliveira and Abílio Lemos and Hemar Godinho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.13021},
  year   = {2019}
}