Abstract
Let A be a set of n positive integers. We say that a subset B of A is a divisor of A, if the sum of the elements in B divides the sum of the elements in A. We are interested in the following extremal problem. For each n, what is the maximum number of divisors a set of n positive integers can have? We determine this function exactly for all values of n. Moreover, for each n we characterize all sets that achieve the maximum. We also prove results for the k-subset analogue of our problem. For this variant, we determine the function exactly in the special case that n = 2k. We also characterize all sets that achieve this bound when n = 2k.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-10 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Electronic Journal of Combinatorics |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 28 Feb 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Exact enumeration
- Extremal combinatorics