Subsets of finite groups exhibiting additive regularity

DOI10.1016/J.DISC.2012.10.013MaRDI QIDQ1928443zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert S. Coulter, Todd Gutekunst

Publication date 3 January 2013

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.5569

zbMATH Keywords

difference setFrobenius groupsum setadditive regularity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of difference sets (number-theoretic, group-theoretic, etc.) (05B10) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Arithmetic combinatorics; higher degree uniformity (11B30) Additive bases, including sumsets (11B13)

Abstract: In this article we aim to develop from first principles a theory of sum sets and partial sum sets, which are defined analogously to difference sets and partial difference sets. We obtain non-existence results and characterisations. In particular, we show that any sum set must exhibit higher-order regularity and that an abelian sum set is necessarily a reversible difference set. We next develop several general construction techniques under the hypothesis that the over-riding group contains a normal subgroup of order 2. Finally, by exploiting properties of dihedral groups and Frobenius groups, several infinite classes of sum sets and partial sum sets are introduced.

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