Mathematical Theory and Applications ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 81-95.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-8074.2025.03.004

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Precise Value of the Invariant $s_{d\mathbb{N}} (D_{2n})$ over the Dihedral Group $D_{2n}$

ZHAO Kevin*; LIANG Wanjun;CHEN Lifang   

  1. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530100, China
  • Online:2025-09-28 Published:2025-11-07
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 12301425)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a finite group and $d$ a positive integer. Let $s_{d\mathbb{N}} (G)$ denote the smallest positive integer $l$ such that every sequence over $G$ of length at least $l$ contains a nonempty product-one subsequence $T$ with $|T|\equiv0 \pmod{d}$. This paper studies $s_{d\mathbb{N}} (D_{2n})$ for the dihedral group $D_{2n}$ and shows that when $n=2^r$ with $r\geq3$, the equality $s_{d\mathbb{N}} (D_{2n})=\operatorname{lcm}(n, d)+\gcd(n, d)$ holds.

Key words: Dihedral group, Product-one sequence, Congruence condition, Davenport constant