The equal-sum partition conjecture for cyclic groups of order 2n2^n

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Let Zm\mathbb{Z}_m be a cyclic group of order m=2nm=2^n. Let tt and m1,…,mtm_1,\ldots,m_t be positive integers satisfying

∑i=1tmi=m−1,\sum_{i=1}^t m_i=m-1,

with m1≥1m_1\geq 1 and mi≥2m_i\geq 2 for 2≤i≤t2\leq i\leq t. Equal-sum partition conjecture. There exists μ∈Zm\mu\in\mathbb{Z}_m such that the nonzero elements of Zm\mathbb{Z}_m can be partitioned into disjoint subsets S1,…,StS_1,\ldots,S_t with ∣Si∣=mi|S_i|=m_i and

∑s∈Sis=μ\sum_{s\in S_i}s=\mu

for every ii, 1≤i≤t1\leq i\leq t. This is presented as an equivalent formulation of the complete multipartite distance-magic conjecture, whose status is not separately resolved in the source.

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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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