Subset sums in \BZ_p

Abstract: Let

B Z_{p}

be the finite field of prime order

p

and

A

be a subset of

B Z_{p}

. We prove several sharp results about the following two basic questions: (1) When can one represent zero as a sum of distinct elements of

A

? (2) When can one represent every element of

B Z_{p}

as a sum of distinct elements of

A

?

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