Vertex operator representations of type Cl⁽¹⁾ and product-sum identities

We construct a class of homogeneous vertex representations of Cl⁽¹⁾, l ≥ 2, and deduce a series of product-sum identities. These identities have fine interpretation in the number theory.Побудовано клас рівномірних вершинних зображень Cl⁽¹⁾, l ≥ 2. Отримано низку тотожностей типу сум i добутків. Ці тотожності мають змістовну інтерпретацію теорії чисел

On the index of length four minimal zero-sum sequences

Let $G$ be a finite cyclic group. Every sequence $S$ over $G$ can be written in the form $S=(n_1g)\cdot\ldots\cdot(n_lg)$ where $g\in G$ and n_1, \ldots, n_l\in[1, \ord(g)], and the index \ind(S) of $S$ is defined to be the minimum of (n_1+\cdots+n_l)/\ord(g) over all possible $g\in G$ such that $\langle g \rangle =G$. A conjecture on the index of length four sequences says that every minimal zero-sum sequence of length 4 over a finite cyclic group $G$ with $\gcd(|G|, 6)=1$ has index 1. The conjecture was confirmed recently for the case when $|G|$ is a product of at most two prime powers. However, the general case is still open. In this paper, we make some progress towards solving the general case. Based on earlier work on this problem, we show that if $G=\langle g\rangle$ is a finite cyclic group of order $|G|=n$ such that $\gcd(n,6)=1$ and $S=(x_1g)(x_2g)(x_3g)(x_4g)$ is a minimal zero-sum sequence over $G$ such that $x_1,\cdots,x_4\in[1,n-1]$ with $\gcd(n,x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4)=1$, and $\gcd(n,x_i)>1$ for some $i\in[1,4]$, then \ind(S)=1. By using an innovative method developed in this paper, we are able to give a new (and much shorter) proof to the index conjecture for the case when $|G|$ is a product of two prime powers