Alspach's conjecture on distinct nonzero partial sums in cyclic groups
Alspach's conjecture on distinct nonzero partial sums in cyclic groups
Let satisfy
An ordering of the elements of is simple when its partial sums are all distinct and non-zero. Alspach's conjecture. Every such admits a simple ordering. The conjecture would shorten some proofs concerning the existence of cycle decompositions. It is known when , when , and for ; the general case remains open.
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Primary source
A. Pasotti and J. H. Dinitz, “A survey of Heffter arrays”, arXiv:2209.13879 (2022).
Additional references
7 papers in this index state this conjecture (2014–2022). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2205.10164, arXiv:2109.09365, arXiv:2010.10948, arXiv:1809.02684, arXiv:1501.06872, arXiv:1412.0949.
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