On the critical number of finite groups of order \(pq\) (Q2909034)

Let \(G\) be a finite additively written group. By \(\text{cr}(G)\) denote the smallest integer \(t\) such that every subset \(S\in G\setminus\{0\}\) with \(|S|\geq t\) is an additive basis of \(G\), that is, any element of \(G\) is a sum of distinct elements of \(S\). The main result of the paper is the followingNEWLINENEWLINE Theorem. For any non-abelian group of order \(pq\geq 10\), where \(p,q\) are distinct primes one has \(\text{cr}(G)= p+ q-2\).