The characteristic-system-of-sets-of-lengths conjecture for finite abelian groups

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Let HH be a transfer Krull monoid over a finite abelian group GG, and let B(G)\mathcal B(G) be the monoid of zero-sum sequences over GG. Write L(a)\mathsf L(a) for the set of factorization lengths of aa and

L(H)={L(a)∣a∈H},L(G)=L(B(G)).\mathcal L(H)=\{\mathsf L(a)\mid a\in H\},\qquad \mathcal L(G)=\mathcal L(\mathcal B(G)).

The system L(H)\mathcal L(H) depends only on GG. Characteristic-system-of-sets-of-lengths conjecture. If GG is a finite abelian group with D(G)≥4\mathsf D(G)\geq 4 and G′G' is an abelian group satisfying

L(G)=L(G′),\mathcal L(G)=\mathcal L(G'),

then GG and G′G' are isomorphic. This inverse problem asks whether the system of sets of lengths determines the class group; the conjecture is stated for the range D(G)≥4\mathsf D(G)\geq 4, while the supplied text gives no resolution status.

References

Primary source

Qinghai Zhong, “A characterization of finite abelian groups via sets of lengths in transfer Krull monoids”, arXiv:1711.05437 (2018).

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