pith. sign in

arxiv: 1801.00131 · v1 · pith:TBUKVMEJnew · submitted 2017-12-30 · 🧮 math.CO

On the structure of zero-sum free set with minimum subset sums in abelian groups

classification 🧮 math.CO
keywords subsetfreesigmazero-sumabeliangroupstructureadditive
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Let $G$ be an additive abelian group and $S\subset G$ a subset. Let $\Sigma(S)$ denote the set of group elements which can be expressed as a sum of a nonempty subset of $S$. We say $S$ is zero-sum free if $0 \not\in \Sigma(S)$. It was conjectured by R.B.~Eggleton and P.~Erd\"{o}s in 1972 and proved by W.~Gao et. al. in 2008 that $|\Sigma(S)|\geq 19$ provided that $S$ is a zero-sum free subset of an abelian group $G$ with $|S|=6$. In this paper, we determined the structure of zero-sum free set $S$ where $|S|=6$ and $|\Sigma(S)|=19$.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.