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arxiv: 1308.3316 · v1 · pith:COGQMENAnew · submitted 2013-08-15 · 🧮 math.NT · math.CO

Remarks on the plus-minus weighted Davenport constant

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For $(G,+)$ a finite abelian group the plus-minus weighted Davenport constant, denoted $\mathsf{D}_{\pm}(G)$, is the smallest $\ell$ such that each sequence $g_1 ... g_{\ell}$ over $G$ has a weighted zero-subsum with weights +1 and -1, i.e., there is a non-empty subset $I \subset \{1,..., \ell\}$ such that $\sum_{i \in I} a_i g_i =0$ for $a_i \in \{+1,-1\}$. We present new bounds for this constant, mainly lower bounds, and also obtain the exact value of this constant for various additional types of groups.

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