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Problems in additive number theory, II: Linear forms and complementing sets

Melvyn B. Nathanson (2009)

Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux

Let ϕ ( x 1 , ... , x h , y ) = u 1 x 1 + + u h x h + v y be a linear form with nonzero integer coefficients u 1 , ... , u h , v . Let 𝒜 = ( A 1 , ... , A h ) be an h -tuple of finite sets of integers and let B be an infinite set of integers. Define the representation function associated to the form ϕ and the sets 𝒜 and B as follows : R 𝒜 , B ( ϕ ) ( n ) = card { ( a 1 , ... , a h , b ) A 1 × × A h × B : ϕ ( a 1 , ... , a h , b ) = n } . If this representation function is constant, then the set B is periodic and the period of B will be bounded in terms of the diameter of the finite set { ϕ ( a 1 , ... , a h , 0 ) : ( a 1 , ... , a h ) A 1 × × A h } . Other results for complementing sets with respect to linear forms are also proved.

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