Bound conjecture for Wilf numbers of semimodules

Let Γ\Gamma be a numerical semigroup and let WΓ(k)W_{\Gamma}(k) denote its Wilf function. A Γ\Gamma-semimodule is a non-empty, bounded-below subset ΔZ\Delta\subseteq\mathbb{Z} satisfying Δ+ΓΔ\Delta+\Gamma\subseteq\Delta; let WΔ(2)W_{\Delta}(2) be its Wilf function evaluated at 22. If gg is a gap of Γ\Gamma, write [0,g][0,g] for the semimodule minimally generated by 00 and gg.

Bound conjecture. There exists a semimodule Δ\Delta minimally generated by [0,g][0,g] for a gap gg of Γ\Gamma, such that

WΔ(2)WΓ(e(Γ)).W_{\Delta}(2)\geq -W_{\Gamma}(e(\Gamma)).

This conjecture proposes a lower bound relating the Wilf number of a suitable two-generated semimodule to the Wilf number of the numerical semigroup. The paper introduces it as a conjectural tool toward understanding Wilf's conjecture; no resolution is stated.

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Patricio Almirón and Julio José Moyano-Fernández, “An extension of the Wilf conjecture to semimodules over a numerical semigroup”, arXiv:2012.01358 (2021).

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