The 3-zero-sum partition property conjecture

Let Γ\Gamma be a finite Abelian group, and let I(Γ)I(\Gamma) denote its set of involutions. The 3-zero-sum partition property conjecture. If I(Γ)>1|I(\Gamma)|>1, then Γ\Gamma has the 3-Zero-Sum Partition Property: for every partition {mi}i=1t\{m_i\}_{i=1}^t of Γ1|\Gamma|-1 with mi3m_i\geq 3 for all ii, the nonzero elements of Γ\Gamma can be partitioned into subsets of these respective sizes, each having sum zero. The conjecture is proved in the paper for groups of order 2n2^n; the other even-order cases with more than one involution remain open.

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Sylwia Cichacz and Karol Suchan, “Zero-sum partitions of Abelian groups of order 2^n”, arXiv:2111.05394 (2023).

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