On the structure of long unsplittable minimal zero-sum sequences
Volume 176 / 2016
Acta Arithmetica 176 (2016), 131-159
MSC: Primary 11B50; Secondary 11P70.
DOI: 10.4064/aa8228-5-2016
Published online: 23 September 2016
Abstract
Let $G$ be an abelian group of odd order $n\ge 9$. We determine the structure of unsplittable minimal zero-sum sequences over $G$ of length greater than or equal to $\lfloor n/3\rfloor+3$.