Reconstructing a set from its subset sums: $2$-torsion-free groups

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Main Authors: Glaudo, Federico, Kravitz, Noah
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Published: 2023
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author Glaudo, Federico
Kravitz, Noah
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Kravitz, Noah
contents For a finite multiset $A$ of an abelian group $G$, let $\text{FS}(A)$ denote the multiset of the $2^{|A|}$ subset sums of $A$. It is natural to ask to what extent $A$ can be reconstructed from $\text{FS}(A)$. We fully solve this problem for $2$-torsion-free groups $G$ by giving characterizations, both algebraic and combinatorial, of the fibers of $\text{FS}$. Equivalently, we characterize all pairs of multisets $A,B$ with $\text{FS}(A)=\text{FS}(B)$. Our results build on recent work of Ciprietti and the first author.
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spellingShingle Reconstructing a set from its subset sums: $2$-torsion-free groups
Glaudo, Federico
Kravitz, Noah
Combinatorics
Number Theory
For a finite multiset $A$ of an abelian group $G$, let $\text{FS}(A)$ denote the multiset of the $2^{|A|}$ subset sums of $A$. It is natural to ask to what extent $A$ can be reconstructed from $\text{FS}(A)$. We fully solve this problem for $2$-torsion-free groups $G$ by giving characterizations, both algebraic and combinatorial, of the fibers of $\text{FS}$. Equivalently, we characterize all pairs of multisets $A,B$ with $\text{FS}(A)=\text{FS}(B)$. Our results build on recent work of Ciprietti and the first author.
title Reconstructing a set from its subset sums: $2$-torsion-free groups
topic Combinatorics
Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11062