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Extremal sequences for a weighted zero-sum constant

Number Theory 2022-10-25 v3

Abstract

The constant CA(n)C_A(n) is defined to be the smallest natural number kk such that any sequence of kk elements in Zn\mathbb Z_n has a subsequence of consecutive terms whose AA-weighted sum is zero, where the weight set AZn{0}A\subseteq \mathbb Z_n\setminus \{0\}. If CA(n)=kC_A(n)=k, then a sequence in Zn\mathbb Z_n of length k1k-1 which has no AA-weighted zero-sum subsequence of consecutive terms is called an AA-extremal sequence. We characterize these sequences for some particular weight sets.

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@article{arxiv.2111.01018,
  title  = {Extremal sequences for a weighted zero-sum constant},
  author = {Santanu Mondal and Krishnendu Paul and Shameek Paul},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.01018},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

18 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2110.02539

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