A note on Bass' conjecture

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2023.02.014arXiv2302.11754WikidataQ123003868 ScholiaQ123003868MaRDI QIDQ6427353FDOQ6427353

F. E. Brochero Martínez, Sávio Ribas, D. V. Avelar

Publication date: 22 February 2023

Abstract: For a finite group $G$, we denote by $sfd(G)$ and by $sfE(G)$, respectively, the small Davenport constant and the Gao constant of $G$. Let $C_n$ be the cyclic group of order $n$ and let $G_{m,n,s}=C_{n}time{s}_s{C}_m$ be a metacyclic group. In [J. Bass; {em Improving the ErdH{o}s-Ginzburg-Ziv theorem for some non-abelian groups.} J. Number Theory {�f 126} (2007), 217-236, Conjecture 17], Bass conjectured that $sfd(G_{m,n,s})=m+n-2$ and $sfE(G_{m,n,s})=mn+m+n-2$ provided $or{d}_n(s)=m$. In this paper, we show that the assumption $or{d}_n(s)=m$ is essential and cannot be removed. Moreover, if we suppose that Bass' conjecture holds for $G_{m,n,s}$ and the $mn$-product-one free sequences of maximal length are well behaved, then Bass conjecture also holds for $G_{2m,2n,r}$, where $r^{2}equivspmodn$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other combinatorial number theory (11B75) Inverse problems of additive number theory, including sumsets (11P70)

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