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additive basis (Definition)

A subset $A$ of $\mathbb{Z}$ is an (additive) basis of order $n$ if \begin{equation*} nA=\mathbb{N}\cup\{0\}, \end{equation*}where $nA$ is $n$ fold sumset of $A$ Usually it is assumed that $0$ belongs to $A$ when saying that $A$ is an additive basis.




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See Also: asymptotic basis, Schnirelmann density, essential component

Other names:  basis
Also defines:  order of additive basis
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Cross-references: sumset, subset
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This is version 3 of additive basis, born on 2002-12-26, modified 2002-12-26.
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AMS MSC11B13 (Number theory :: Sequences and sets :: Additive bases)

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