Upper bounds for the order of an additive basis obtained by removing a finite subset of a given basis

dc.creatorFarhi, Bakir
dc.date2009-02-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:43:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:43:31Z
dc.descriptionLet $A$ be an additive basis of order $h$ and $X$ be a finite nonempty subset of $A$ such that the set $A \setminus X$ is still a basis. In this article, we give several upper bounds for the order of $A \setminus X$ in function of the order $h$ of $A$ and some parameters related to $X$ and $A$. If the parameter in question is the cardinality of $X$, Nathanson and Nash already obtained some of such upper bounds, which can be seen as polynomials in $h$ with degree $(|X| + 1)$. Here, by taking instead of the cardinality of $X$ the parameter defined by $d := \frac{\diam(X)}{\gcd\{x - y | x, y \in X\}}$, we show that the order of $A \setminus X$ is bounded above by $(\frac{h (h + 3)}{2} + d \frac{h (h - 1) (h + 4)}{6})$. As a consequence, we deduce that if $X$ is an arithmetic progression of length $\geq 3$, then the upper bounds of Nathanson and Nash are considerably improved. Further, by considering more complex parameters related to both $X$ and $A$, we get upper bounds which are polynomials in $h$ with degree only 2.
dc.description17 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3093
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3093
dc.identifierJ. Number Theory, 128 (2008), p. 2214-2230
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/220445
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject11B13
dc.titleUpper bounds for the order of an additive basis obtained by removing a finite subset of a given basis
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