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We show that a finite zero-sum-free sequence $\alpha$ over an abelian group has at least $c|\alpha|^{4/3}$ distinct subsequence sums, unless $\alpha$ is "controlled" by a small number of its terms; here $|\alpha|$ denotes the number of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-12-21 Vsevolod F. Lev

We establish correspondances between factorisations of finite abelian groups (direct factors, unitary factors, non isomorphic subgroup classes) and factorisations of integer matrices. We then study counting functions associated to these…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Johan Andersson , Gautami Bhowmik

In this paper we propose a conjecture concerning partial sums of an arbitrary finite subset of an abelian group, that naturally arises investigating simple Heffter systems. Then, we show its connection with related open problems and we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-06-15 Simone Costa , Fiorenza Morini , Anita Pasotti , Marco Antonio Pellegrini

In this article we aim to develop from first principles a theory of sum sets and partial sum sets, which are defined analogously to difference sets and partial difference sets. We obtain non-existence results and characterisations. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-06-26 Robert S. Coulter , Todd Gutekunst

For an element $a$ of a monoid $H$, its set of lengths $\mathsf L (a) \subset \mathbb N$ is the set of all positive integers $k$ for which there is a factorization $a=u_1 \cdot \ldots \cdot u_k$ into $k$ atoms. We study the system $\mathcal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-06-13 Alfred Geroldinger , Emil Daniel Schwab

Let $G$ be a finite abeilian group. A sequence $S$ with terms from $G$ is zero-sum if the sum of terms in $S$ equals zero. It is a minimal zero-sum sequence if no proper, nontrivial subsequence is zero-sum. The maximal length of a minimal…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-01-25 Weidong Gao , Alfred Geroldinger , David J. Grynkiewicz

We introduce the notion of independent sequences with respect to a monomial order by using the least terms of polynomials vanishing at the sequence. Our main result shows that the Krull dimension of a Noetherian ring is equal to the…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2013-10-08 Gregor Kemper , Ngo Viet Trung

We discuss several questions concerning sum-free sets in groups, raised by Erd\H{o}s in his survey "Extremal problems in number theory" (Proceedings of the Symp. Pure Math. VIII AMS) published in 1965. Among other things, we give a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-17 Terence Tao , Van Vu

We study the structure of the Mordell--Weil groups of semiabelian varieties over large algebraic extensions of a finitely generated field of characteristic zero. We consider two types of algebraic extensions in this paper; one is of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Takuya Asayama , Yuichiro Taguchi

A factorization of an element $x$ in a monoid $(M, \cdot)$ is an expression of the form $x = u_1^{z_1} \cdots u_k^{z_k}$ for irreducible elements $u_1, \ldots, u_k \in M$, and the length of such a factorization is $z_1 + \cdots + z_k$. We…

We study Farrell Nil-groups associated to a finite order automorphism of a ring $R$. We show that any such Farrell Nil-group is either trivial, or infinitely generated (as an abelian group). Building on this first result, we then show that…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Jean-François Lafont , Stratos Prassidis , Kun Wang

Let H be a Krull monoid with finite class group G and suppose that every class contains a prime divisor. Then sets of lengths in H have a well-defined structure which just depends on the class group G. With methods from additive…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2019-06-14 Alfred Geroldinger , Wolfgang Schmid

We present a self-contained analysis of infinity from two mathematical perspectives: set theory and algebra. We begin with cardinal and ordinal numbers, examining deep questions such as the continuum hypothesis, along with foundational…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2025-05-16 Noah Betz

A set of elements of a finite abelian group is called sum-free if it contains no Schur triple, i.e., no triple of elements $x,y,z$ with $x+y=z$. The study of how large the largest sum-free subset of a given abelian group is had started more…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-07-21 Wojciech Samotij , Benny Sudakov

In the realm of supercommutative superrings, this article investigates the unique factorization of elements. We build upon recent findings by Naser et. al. concerning similar results in noncommutative symmetric rings with zerodivisors,…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2024-07-15 Pedro Rizzo , Joel Torres del Valle , Alexander Torres-Gomez

We show that the Skolem Problem is decidable in finitely generated commutative rings of positive characteristic. More precisely, we show that there exists an algorithm which, given a finite presentation of a (unitary) commutative ring…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Ruiwen Dong , Doron Shafrir

We study group extensions of Finite Abelian Groups using matrices. We also prove a Theorem for equivalence of extensions using matrices.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-02-16 Guhan Venkat

The article is devoted to the investigation of transformation groups of polynomials over Cayley-Dickson algebras and their manifolds of zeros. The problems about expressibility of zeros with the help of roots and decomposibility of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-08-02 S. V. Ludkovsky

We develop a new method leading the structure of finite subsets S and T of an abelian group with $|S+T|\le |S|+|T|$. We show also how to recover the known results in this area in a relatively short space.

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