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Zero-sum Generalized Schur Numbers

Combinatorics 2018-02-12 v1

Abstract

Let rr and kk be positive integers with rkr \mid k. Denote by Sz(k;r)S_{\mathrm{\mathfrak{z}}}(k;r) the minimum integer nn such that every coloring χ:[1,n]{0,1,,r1}\chi:[1,n] \rightarrow \{0,1,\dots,r-1\} admits a solution to i=1k1xi=xk\sum_{i=1}^{k-1} x_i = x_k with i=1kχ(xi)0(modr)\sum_{i=1}^{k} \chi(x_i) \equiv 0 \,(\mathrm{mod }\,r). We give some formulas and lower bounds for various instances.

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@article{arxiv.1802.03382,
  title  = {Zero-sum Generalized Schur Numbers},
  author = {Aaron Robertson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.03382},
  year   = {2018}
}
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