On the Davenport constant and on the structure of extremal zero-sum free sequences

DOI10.1007/S10998-012-3378-6zbMATH Open1263.11038arXiv1009.5835OpenAlexW2119239196MaRDI QIDQ452839FDOQ452839

Authors: Alfred Geroldinger, Manfred Liebmann, Andreas Philipp 

Publication date: 17 September 2012

Published in: Periodica Mathematica Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $G=C_{n_1}oplus\mathrm{...}oplus{C}_{n_r}$ with $1<n_1\mathrm{...}{n}_r$ be a finite abelian group, $mathsf{d}^{\ast }(G)=n_1+\mathrm{...}+n_r-r$, and let $mathsfd(G)$ denote the maximal length of a zero-sum free sequence over $G$. Then $mathsfd(G)gemathsf{d}^{\ast }(G)$, and the standing conjecture is that equality holds for $G=C_n^r$. We show that equality does not hold for $C_{2}oplus{C}_{2n}^r$, where $nge3$ is odd and $rge4$. This gives new information on the structure of extremal zero-sum free sequences over $C_{2n}^r$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5835

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zbMATH Keywords

zero-sum sequenceDavenport constant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other combinatorial number theory (11B75) Finite abelian groups (20K01) Inverse problems of additive number theory, including sumsets (11P70)

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