Abstract
In 2011, Nathanson proposed several questions on minimal complements in a group or a semigroup. The notion of minimal complements and being a minimal complement leads to the notion of co-minimal pairs which was considered in a prior work of the authors. In this article, we study which type of subsets in the integers and free abelian groups of higher rank can be a part of a co-minimal pair. We show that a majority of lacunary sequences have this property. From the conditions established, one can show that any infinite subset of any finitely generated abelian group has uncountably many subsets which is a part of a co-minimal pair. Further, the uncountable collection of sets can be chosen so that they satisfy certain algebraic properties.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1445-1462 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Ramanujan Journal |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Apr 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Additive complements
- Additive number theory
- Minimal complements
- Representation of integers
- Sumsets
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Algebra and Number Theory