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

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=m1,\sum_{i=1}^t m_i=m-1,

with m11m_1\geq 1 and mi2m_i\geq 2 for 2it2\leq i\leq t. Equal-sum partition conjecture. There exists μZm\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

sSis=μ\sum_{s\in S_i}s=\mu

for every ii, 1it1\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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