On zero-sum subsequences of length exp(G)

Abstract: Let

G

be a finite abelian group. Let

g (G)

be the smallest positive integer

t

such that every subset of cardinality

t

of the group

G

contains a subset of cardinality

m a t h r m e x p (G)

whose sum is zero. In this paper, we show that if X is a subset of

m a t h b b Z_{2 n}^{2}

with cardinality

4 n + 1

and

2 n

or

2 n - 1

elements of

X

have the same first coordintes, then

X

contains a zero sum subset. As an application of our results we prove that

g (m a t h b b Z_{6}^{2}) = 13.

This settles Gao-Thangaduri's conjecture for the case

n = 6.

We also prove some results towards the general even

n

cases of the conjecture.

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