Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der Minimalbasen. (Q3239366)

Let \(A, B, \ldots\) denote sets of non-negative integers containing \(0\). A set \(B\) is called a basis of order \(h\) for the set \(M\) if \(M\in hB\). The author enumerates 9 different definitions for a basis of order \(h\) to be called a minimal basis. These definitions, as well as their asymptotic analogues are first investigated. Two of them become void when \(M=\mathbb Z\), the set of all non-negative integers. The author investigates relations between these definitions and the cardinal number of the set \(K\) of minimal bases of a certain type. The author is lead to the conclusion that the following definition is the most useful one: A basis \(B\) of order \(h\) is called a minimal basis (of type 7) for \(M\), if no proper subset of \(B\) is a basis of order \(h\) for \(M\). The properties of type 7 are thoroughly investigated. Among other results the author shows: If \(M\) is infinite then the set \(K\) of bases of type 7 has the cardinal number of the continuum and to every finite set \(A\) there exists a basis of type 7 which contains \(A\). The author then defines a \(k\) basis of order \(h\) of \(M\) as a set \(B\) such that every element of \(M\) has at least \(k\) representations as a sum of not more than \(h\) distinct positive elements of \(B\). (Repetitions in \(B\) are permitted. The elements of \(B\) are indexed and two elements are distinct if their indices are distinct.) The definitions for minimal bases can be generalized to \(k\) bases. The author investigates their properties and proves various statements about their existence and the cardinal number of the class \(K\) of \(k\) bases satisfying some of these definitions in particular the definition 7.