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On An Additive Question

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Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics

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Let k > 0 be a given integer. Here we obtain some results concerning solvability of AB = ℤk,in B, with respect to a finite set A of a given ‘diameter’. And also announce some other results regarding a conjecture from R. Tijdeman in the case k = 1.

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Srinivasan, S. (2002). On An Additive Question. In: Agarwal, A.K., Berndt, B.C., Krattenthaler, C.F., Mullen, G.L., Ramachandra, K., Waldschmidt, M. (eds) Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8223-1_28

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