Title
Olson's constant for the group Zp&Oplus; Zp
Abstract
Let G be a finite abelian group. By Ol(G), we mean the smallest integer t such that every subset A ⊂ G of cardinality t contains a non-empty subset whose sum is zero. In this article, we shall prove that for all primes p 4.67 × 1034, we have Ol(Zp ⊕ Zp) = p + Ol(Zp) - 1 and hence we have Ol(Zp ⊕ Zp) ≤ p - 1 + ⌈ √2p + 5 log p⌉. This, in particular, proves that a conjecture of Erdös (stated below) is true for the group Zp ⊕ Zp, for all primes p 4.67 × 1034.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1016/j.jcta.2004.03.007
Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
Keywords
DocType
Volume
group Zp,primes p,finite abelian group,log p,non-empty subset
Journal
107
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0097-3165
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
W. D. Gao1143.82
I. Z. Ruzsa261.54
R. Thangadurai353.78