On the Frobenius Number and Genus of a Collection of Semigroups Generalizing Repunit Numerical Semigroups

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Main Authors: Liu, Feihu, Xin, Guoce, Ye, Suting, Yin, Jingjing
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author Liu, Feihu
Xin, Guoce
Ye, Suting
Yin, Jingjing
author_facet Liu, Feihu
Xin, Guoce
Ye, Suting
Yin, Jingjing
contents Let $A=(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)$ be a sequence of relative prime positive integers with $a_i\geq 2$. The Frobenius number $F(A)$ is the largest integer not belonging to the numerical semigroup $\langle A\rangle$ generated by $A$. The genus $g(A)$ is the number of positive integer elements not in $\langle A\rangle$. The Frobenius problem is to determine $F(A)$ and $g(A)$ for a given sequence $A$. In this paper, we study the Frobenius problem of $A=\left(a,h_1a+b_1d,h_2a+b_2d,\ldots,h_ka+b_kd\right)$ with some restrictions. An innovation is that $d$ can be a negative integer. In particular, when $A=\left(a,ba+d,b^2a+\frac{b^2-1}{b-1}d,\ldots,b^ka+\frac{b^k-1}{b-1}d\right)$, we obtain formulas for $F(A)$ and $g(A)$ when $a\geq k-1-\frac{d-1}{b-1}$. Our formulas simplify further for some special cases, such as Mersenne, Thabit, and repunit numerical semigroups. Finally, we partially solve an open problem for the Proth numerical semigroup.
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spellingShingle On the Frobenius Number and Genus of a Collection of Semigroups Generalizing Repunit Numerical Semigroups
Liu, Feihu
Xin, Guoce
Ye, Suting
Yin, Jingjing
Number Theory
Combinatorics
Let $A=(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)$ be a sequence of relative prime positive integers with $a_i\geq 2$. The Frobenius number $F(A)$ is the largest integer not belonging to the numerical semigroup $\langle A\rangle$ generated by $A$. The genus $g(A)$ is the number of positive integer elements not in $\langle A\rangle$. The Frobenius problem is to determine $F(A)$ and $g(A)$ for a given sequence $A$. In this paper, we study the Frobenius problem of $A=\left(a,h_1a+b_1d,h_2a+b_2d,\ldots,h_ka+b_kd\right)$ with some restrictions. An innovation is that $d$ can be a negative integer. In particular, when $A=\left(a,ba+d,b^2a+\frac{b^2-1}{b-1}d,\ldots,b^ka+\frac{b^k-1}{b-1}d\right)$, we obtain formulas for $F(A)$ and $g(A)$ when $a\geq k-1-\frac{d-1}{b-1}$. Our formulas simplify further for some special cases, such as Mersenne, Thabit, and repunit numerical semigroups. Finally, we partially solve an open problem for the Proth numerical semigroup.
title On the Frobenius Number and Genus of a Collection of Semigroups Generalizing Repunit Numerical Semigroups
topic Number Theory
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.03459