Sun's conjecture on the constants s1(n)s_1(n) and s2(n)s_2(n)

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Let n>1n>1 and r>0r>0 be integers. Define sr(n)s_r(n) as the least positive integer kk such that every sequence of kk integer vectors in the relevant rank-rr setting contains a selection of nn vectors whose sum is divisible by nn but not divisible by n2n^2, as in the paper's definition. Sun's conjecture. For every integer n>2n>2,

s1(n)=2n+1ands2(n)=4n+1.s_1(n)=2n+1\qquad\text{and}\qquad s_2(n)=4n+1.

The source derives lower bounds matching these proposed values in the relevant cases and poses the equalities based on computation; it supplies no proof of the conjecture.

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Primary source

Zhi-Wei Sun, “On zero-sum problems of new types”, arXiv:2606.18234 (2026).

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