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Let $G$ be a finite group. The small Davenport constant $\mathsf d(G)$ of $G$ is the maximal integer $\ell$ such that there is a sequence of length $\ell$ over $G$ which has no nonempty product-one subsequence. In 2007, Bass conjectured…

We investigate a certain well-established generalization of the Davenport constant. For $j$ a positive integer (the case $j=1$, is the classical one) and a finite Abelian group $(G,+,0)$, the invariant $\Dav_j(G)$ is defined as the smallest…

Let $G$ be a finite abelian group with exponent $n$. Let $\eta(G)$ denote the smallest integer $\ell$ such that every sequence over $G$ of length at least $\ell$ has a zero-sum subsequence of length at most $n$. We determine the precise…

For the cyclic group $G=\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$ and any non-empty $A\in\mathbb{Z}$. We define the Davenport constant of $G$ with weight $A$, denoted by $D_A(n)$, to be the least natural number $k$ such that for any sequence $(x_1, ...,…

Given an additively written abelian group $G$ and a set $X\subseteq G$, we let $\mathsf{D}(X)$ denote the Davenport constant of $X$, namely the largest non-negative integer $n$ for which there exists a sequence $x_1, \dots, x_n$ of elements…

Let $G$ be a finite abelian group of exponent $n$ and let $A$ be a non-empty subset of $[1,n-1]$. The Davenport constant of $G$ with weight $A$, denoted by $D_A(G)$, is defined to be the least positive integer $\ell$ such that any sequence…

For a finite abelian group $G$ with $\exp(G)=n$ and an integer $k\ge 2$, Balachandran and Mazumdar \cite{BM} introduced the extremal function $\fD_G(k)$ which is defined to be $\min\{|A|: \emptyset \neq A\subseteq[1,n-1]\textrm{\ with\…

For a finite abelian group $G$ and a positive integer $d$, let $\mathsf s_{d \mathbb N} (G)$ denote the smallest integer $\ell \in \mathbb N_0$ such that every sequence $S$ over $G$ of length $|S| \ge \ell$ has a nonempty zero-sum…

Let $\mathcal{S}$ be a finite commutative semigroup. The Davenport constant of $\mathcal{S}$, denoted ${\rm D}(\mathcal{S})$, is defined to be the least positive integer $\ell$ such that every sequence $T$ of elements in $\mathcal{S}$ of…

We determine Davenport's constant for all groups of the form $\Z\_3\oplus \Z\_3\oplus\Z\_{3d}$.

Given an additively written abelian group $G$ and a set $X\subseteq G$, we let $\mathscr{B}(X)$ denote the monoid of zero-sum sequences over $X$ and $\mathsf{D}(X)$ the Davenport constant of $\mathscr{B}(X)$, namely the supremum of the…

This is the fourth paper in a series. We prove a conjecture made independently by Boston et al and Shalev. The conjecture asserts that there is an absolute positive constant delta such that if G is a finite simple group acting transitively…

Let $G$ be a finite group, written multiplicatively. The Davenport constant of $G$ is the smallest positive integer $D(G)$ such that every sequence of $G$ with $D(G)$ elements has a non-empty subsequence with product $1$. Let $D_{2n}$ be…

Let $G$ be a group and $A\subseteq [1,\exp(G)-1]$. We define the constant ${\sf C}_A(G),$ which is the least positive integer $\ell$ such that every sequence over $G$ of length at least $\ell$ has an $A$-weighted consecutive product-one…

Known results on the generalized Davenport constant related to zero-sum sequences over a finite abelian group are extended to the generalized Noether number related to the rings of polynomial invariants of an arbitrary finite group. An…

Given a finite commutative semigroup $\mathcal{S}$ (written additively), denoted by ${\rm D}(\mathcal{S})$ the Davenport constant of $\mathcal{S}$, namely the least positive integer $\ell$ such that for any $\ell$ elements…

Let $G = C_{n_1} \oplus ... \oplus C_{n_r}$ with $1 < n_1 \t ... \t n_r$ be a finite abelian group, $\mathsf d^* (G) = n_1 + ... + n_r - r$, and let $\mathsf d (G)$ denote the maximal length of a zero-sum free sequence over $G$. Then…

Let $G$ be an additive finite abelian group. A sequence over $G$ is called a minimal zero-sum sequence if the sum of its terms is zero and no proper subsequence has this property. Davenport's constant of $G$ is the maximum of the lengths of…

Let $G$ be a multiplicatively written finite group. We denote by $\mathsf E(G)$ the smallest integer $t$ such that every sequence of $t$ elements in $G$ contains a product-one subsequence of length $|G|$. In 1961, Erd\H{o}s, Ginzburg and…

Let $G$ be a finite abelian group and let $\varnothing \neq A \subset \mathbb Z$. The $A$-weighted Davenport constant of $G$ is the smallest positive integer ${\sf D}_A(G)$ such that every sequence $x_1 \boldsymbol{\cdot} {\dots}…