(1) Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Petroleum, Beijing, Shuiku Road, Changping,Beijing, 102200, P.R. China;(2) Institut für Mathematik, Karl-FranzensUniversität, Heinrichstrasse 36, 8010 Graz, Austria
Abstract:
Let G be a finite abelian group and S =
a minimal zero-sum sequence in G of maximal length |S| = l. We study the order of the elements