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Zero-sum invariants of finite abelian groups

Combinatorics 2017-02-06 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to provide an unified way to formulate zero-sum invariants. Let GG be a finite additive abelian group. Let B(G)B(G) denote the set consisting of all nonempty zero-sum sequences over G. For ΩB(G\Omega \subset B(G), let dΩ(G)d_{\Omega}(G) be the smallest integer tt such that every sequence SS over GG of length St|S|\geq t has a subsequence in Ω\Omega.We provide some first results and open problems on dΩ(G)d_{\Omega}(G).

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@article{arxiv.1702.00807,
  title  = {Zero-sum invariants of finite abelian groups},
  author = {Weidong Gao and Yuanlin Li and Jiangtao Peng and Guoqing Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.00807},
  year   = {2017}
}