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In this article, we discuss a polynomial method due to Rónyai which was used for making some progress toward the Kemnitz’s conjecture. This method of Rónyai and some modifications of it have been successfully used by several authors since then. We shall try to explain the method by employing it in obtaining a bound for a new zero-sum constant.
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Adhikari, S.D., Roy, B., Sarkar, S. (2020). On a Polynomial Method of Rónyai in the Study of Zero-Sum Theorems. In: Ramakrishnan, B., Heim, B., Sahu, B. (eds) Modular Forms and Related Topics in Number Theory. ICNT 2018. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 340. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8719-1_2
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