2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/107565We prove that for all but a certain number of abelian groups of order n its Davenport constant is atmost n/k+k-1 for k=1,2,..,7. For groups of order three we improve on the existing bound involving the Alon-Dubiner constant.article soumis, decembre 2005Number Theory11B75, 20K01text