The systems-of-sets-of-lengths characterization of finite abelian groups
The systems-of-sets-of-lengths characterization of finite abelian groups
Let and be abelian groups, and let denote the system of sets of lengths associated to . Suppose that is finite and has Davenport constant
Systems-of-sets-of-lengths conjecture. If is an abelian group satisfying
then and are isomorphic. Equivalently, apart from the trivial cases listed for groups of order at most two, the system of sets of lengths determines the finite abelian group. This conjecture concerns the extent to which arithmetic information encoded by zero-sum sequences determines the underlying group; it is stated as far open in general.
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Alfred Geroldinger, Wolfgang Schmid and Qinghai Zhong, “Systems of sets of lengths: Transfer Krull monoids versus weakly Krull monoids”, arXiv:1606.05063 (2017).
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