Zero-sum problems and coverings by proper cosets
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Zero-sum problems and coverings by proper cosets
zbMATH Open document ID: 1026.20032
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6698(03)00033-7
author: Weidong Gao
author: Alfred Geroldinger
published in: European Journal of Combinatorics
publication date: 2003-07-30T00:00:00Z
review text: The authors show that various zero-sum problems may be interpreted as covering problems. They apply this approach to the Davenport constant.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20K01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20D60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11B75
zbMATH DE Number: 1957115
zbMATH Keywords: subsequence sums
zbMATH Keywords: Davenport constant
zbMATH Keywords: coverings by cosets
zbMATH Keywords: finite Abelian groups
reviewed by: Yahya Ould Hamidoune
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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