On Graham's rearrangement conjecture

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Autori principali: Pham, Huy Tuan, Sauermann, Lisa
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author Pham, Huy Tuan
Sauermann, Lisa
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Sauermann, Lisa
contents Graham conjectured in 1971 that for any prime $p$, any subset $S\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_p\setminus \{0\}$ admits an ordering $s_1,s_2,\dots,s_{|S|}$ where all partial sums $s_1, s_1+s_2,\dots,s_1+s_2+\dots+s_{|S|}$ are distinct. We prove this conjecture for all subsets $S\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_p\setminus \{0\}$ with $|S|\le p^{1-α}$ and $|S|$ sufficiently large with respect to $α$, for any $α\in (0,1)$. Combined with earlier results, this gives a complete resolution of Graham's rearrangement conjecture for all sufficiently large primes $p$.
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spellingShingle On Graham's rearrangement conjecture
Pham, Huy Tuan
Sauermann, Lisa
Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics
Number Theory
Graham conjectured in 1971 that for any prime $p$, any subset $S\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_p\setminus \{0\}$ admits an ordering $s_1,s_2,\dots,s_{|S|}$ where all partial sums $s_1, s_1+s_2,\dots,s_1+s_2+\dots+s_{|S|}$ are distinct. We prove this conjecture for all subsets $S\subseteq \mathbb{Z}_p\setminus \{0\}$ with $|S|\le p^{1-α}$ and $|S|$ sufficiently large with respect to $α$, for any $α\in (0,1)$. Combined with earlier results, this gives a complete resolution of Graham's rearrangement conjecture for all sufficiently large primes $p$.
title On Graham's rearrangement conjecture
topic Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics
Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15797