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Finding the exact values and bounds of a weighted generalization of different classical zero-sum constants for different weight sets and for different groups prompted a lot of research and the study of the corresponding inverse problems is also very engrossing. In this paper, we take into account a few well-known results on weighted zero-sum constants and characterize the corresponding inverse problems.
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The author would like to sincerely thank his advisor, Prof. S D Adhikari, for proposing the problems and for significantly insightful suggestions. He thanks Shruti Hegde for helpful discussions. He would also like to acknowledge CSIR, Government of India, for a research fellowship. The author extends his thanks to the referee for going through the manuscript minutely and providing several suggestions to improve the presentation of the paper.
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Molla, M.I. Some inverse problems in zero-sum theory. Proc Math Sci 132, 63 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12044-022-00712-4
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