Product-one subsequence conjecture for the ordered Davenport constant

For a finite group GG, let D(G)\mathsf{D}(G) be the least positive integer such that every sequence of that length over GG has a nonempty product-one subsequence, and let E(G)\mathsf{E}(G) be the least integer kk such that every sequence of length kk over GG has a product-one ordered subsequence of length G|G|. The ordered Davenport constant conjecture. One has

E(G)=D(G)+G1.\mathsf{E}(G)=\mathsf{D}(G)+|G|-1.

For finite abelian groups this equality is known, while the source establishes the lower bound E(G)D(G)+G1\mathsf{E}(G)\geq\mathsf{D}(G)+|G|-1 for finite non-abelian groups. The conjecture asks whether equality holds for every finite group.

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Primary source

Naveen K. Godara, Renu Joshi and Eshita Mazumdar, “An algebraic approach towards a conjecture on the Davenport constant”, arXiv:2407.01148 (2025).

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