On the Davenport constant and group algebras

DOI10.4064/CM121-2-2zbMATH Open1206.11128arXiv0907.4913OpenAlexW3103019587MaRDI QIDQ3066693FDOQ3066693

Authors: Daniel Smertnig 

Publication date: 11 January 2011

Published in: Colloquium Mathematicum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a finite abelian group $G$ and a splitting field $K$ of $G$, let $d(G,K)$ denote the largest integer $linN$ for which there is a sequence $S=g_{1}cdot\mathrm{...}cdot{g}_l$ over $G$ such that $(X^{g_1}-a_1)cdot\mathrm{...}cdot(X^{g_l}-a_l)e0inK[G]$ for all $a_1,\mathrm{...},a_{l}in{K}^{imes}$. If $D(G)$ denotes the Davenport constant of $G$, then there is the straightforward inequality $D(G)-1led(G,K)$. Equality holds for a variety of groups, and a standing conjecture of W. Gao et.al. states that equality holds for all groups. We offer further groups for which equality holds, but we also give the first examples of groups $G$ for which $D(G)-1<d(G,K)$ holds. Thus we disprove the conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.4913

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic combinatorics; higher degree uniformity (11B30) Sequences (mod (m)) (11B50) Finite abelian groups (20K01) Inverse problems of additive number theory, including sumsets (11P70)

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