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Tutte initiated the study of nowhere-zero flows and proved the following fundamental theorem: For every graph $G$ there is a polynomial $f$ so that for every abelian group $\Gamma$ of order $n$, the number of nowhere-zero $\Gamma$-flows in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-01-26 Matt DeVos , Edita Rollová , Robert Šámal

We prove that for every partially ordered set $P$, there exists $c(P)$ such that every family $\mathcal{F}$ of subsets of $[n]$ ordered by inclusion and which contains no induced copy of $P$ satisfies $\sum_{F\in \mathcal{F}}1/{n\choose…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-06-24 Arès Méroueh

We show that for every $n \in \mathbb N$ there is a collection of points $p_1, \ldots, p_n$ and lines $\ell_1, \ldots, \ell_n$ in the unit square such that for any $i$ we have $p_i \in \ell_i$ and the distance from $p_i$ to any other line…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-14 Alexander Logunov , Dmitrii Zakharov

A set $B$ is said to be \emph{sum-free} if there are no $x,y,z\in B$ with $x+y=z$. We show that there exists a constant $c>0$ such that any set $A$ of $n$ integers contains a sum-free subset $A'$ of size $|A'|\geqslant n/3+c\log \log n$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Benjamin Bedert

The set of all $\ell$-zero-sumfree subsets of $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$ is a simplicial complex denoted by $\Delta_{n,\ell}$ We create an algorithm via defining a set of integer partitions we call $(n,\ell)$-congruent partitions in order to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Ashleigh Adams , Carole Hall , Eric Stucky

We prove that there is an absolute constant $c > 0$ such that every polynomial $P$ of the form $$P(z) = \sum_{j=0}^{n}{a_jz^j}\,, \quad |a_0| = 1\,, \quad |a_j| \leq M\,, \quad a_j \in \Bbb{C}\,, \quad M \geq 1\,,$$ has at most…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-10-15 Tamás Erdélyi

Let $p$ be any odd prime number. Let $k$ be any positive integer such that $2\leq k\leq [\frac{p+1}3]+1$. Let $S = (a_1,a_2,...,a_{2p-k})$ be any sequence in ${\Bbb Z}_p$ such that there is no subsequence of length $p$ of $S$ whose sum is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 W D Gao , A Panigrahi , R Thangadurai

Many proofs of the fundamental theorem of algebra rely on the fact that the minimum of the modulus of a complex polynomial over the complex plane is attained at some complex number. The proof then follows by arguing the minimum value is…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2014-09-09 Bahman Kalantari

Consider a subset $A$ of $\mathbb{F}_p^n$ and a decomposition of its indicator function as the sum of two bounded functions $1_A=f_1+f_2$. For every family of linear forms, we find the smallest degree of uniformity $k$ such that assuming…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-03-25 Hamed Hatami , Shachar Lovett

We study $\mathbb{R}_{\textrm{an},\exp}$-definable functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ that take integer values at all sufficiently large positive integers. If $|f(x)|= O\big(2^{(1+10^{-5})x}\big)$, then we find polynomials $P_1, P_2$…

A set of integers is sum-free if it contains no solution to the equation $x+y=z$. We study sum-free subsets of the set of integers $[n]=\{1,\ldots,n\}$ for which the integer $2n+1$ cannot be represented as a sum of their elements. We prove…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Ishay Haviv

A sequence $A$ of elements an additive group $G$ is {\it incomplete} if there exists a group element that {\it can not} be expressed as a sum of elements from $A$. The study of incomplete sequences is a popular topic in combinatorial number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-12-06 Hoi H. Nguyen , Van Vu

The Hilbert class polynomial $H_{\mathcal{O}}(x)\in \mathbb{Z}[x]$ attached to an order $\mathcal{O}$ in an imaginary quadratic field $K$ is the monic polynomial whose roots are precisely the distinct $j$-invariants of elliptic curves over…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-14 Mingjie Chen , Jiangwei Xue

We show that there is a positive constant $c_0$ such that \[\sum_{n\le x}\mu^2(n^2+1)c_0x+O_{\varepsilon}(x^{7/12+\varepsilon})\] for any fixed $\varepsilon>0$. This improves a result of Estermann [3] from 1931, in which the error term had…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-10 D. R. Heath-Brown

The (weak) Nullstellensatz over finite fields says that if $P_1,\ldots,P_m$ are $n$-variate degree-$d$ polynomials with no common zero over a finite field $\mathbb{F}$ then there are polynomials $R_1,\ldots,R_m$ such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-14 Guy Moshkovitz , Jeffery Yu

We prove that every function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}$ satisfies that the image of the set of critical points at which the function $f$ has Taylor expansions of order $n-1$ and non-empty subdifferentials of order $n$ is a Lebesgue-null…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Daniel Azagra , Juan Ferrera , Javier Gomez-Gil

We show a generalization of Mason's ABC-theorem, with the only conditions that the greatest common divisor has been divided out and no proper subsum of the (possibly multivariate) polynomial sum f_1 + f_2 + ... + f_n = 0 vanishes. As a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-21 Michiel de Bondt

For every finite group $H$ and every finite $H$-module $A$, we determine the subgroup of negligible classes in $H^2(H,A)$, in the sense of Serre, over fields with enough roots of unity. As a consequence, we show that for every odd prime…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-17 Alexander Merkurjev , Federico Scavia

In this paper, we give results that partially prove a conjecture which was discussed in our previous work (arXiv:1307.4991). More precisely, we prove that as $n\to \infty,$ the zeros of the polynomial$${}_{2}\text{F}_{1}\left[…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2016-03-27 Addisalem Abathun , Rikard Bøgvad

In nice cases, a zero-dimensional complete intersection ideal over a field of characteristic zero has a Shape Lemma. There are also cases where the ideal is generated by the resultant and first subresultant polynomials of the generators.…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2023-02-16 David A. Cox , Carlos D'Andrea