Modified Erd\H{o}s-Ginzburg-Ziv Constants for (\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^2

Abstract: For an abelian group

G

and an integer

t > 0

, the modified ErdH{o}s-Ginzburg-Ziv constant

s'_{t} (G)

is the smallest integer

e l l

such that any zero-sum sequence of length at least

e l l

with elements in

G

contains a zero-sum subsequence (not necessarily consecutive) of length

t

. We compute bounds for

s'_{t} (G)

for

G = l e f t (m a t h b b Z / n m a t h b b Z i g h t)^{2}

and

G = l e f t (m a t h b b Z / n_{1} m a t h b b Z i m e s m a t h b b Z / n_{2} m a t h b b Z i g h t)

. We also compute bounds for

G = l e f t (m a t h b b Z / p m a t h b b Z i g h t)^{d}

where the subsequence can be any length in

p, d o t s, (d - 1) p

. Lastly, we investigate the ErdH{o}s-Ginzburg-Ziv constant for

G = l e f t (m a t h b b Z / n m a t h b b Z i g h t)^{2}

and subsequences of length

t n

.

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