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TRIPLE-PRODUCT-FREE SETS

Part of: Representation theory of groups Special aspects of infinite or finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2023

PRECIOUS U. AGIGOR-MIKE Open the ORCID record for PRECIOUS U. AGIGOR-MIKE [Opens in a new window] ,
SARAH B. HART Open the ORCID record for SARAH B. HART [Opens in a new window]  and
MARTIN C. OBI Open the ORCID record for MARTIN C. OBI [Opens in a new window]
PRECIOUS U. AGIGOR-MIKE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria e-mail: precious.agigormike@futo.edu.ng
SARAH B. HART*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
MARTIN C. OBI
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria e-mail: martins.obi@futo.edu.ng
*
e-mail: s.hart@bbk.ac.uk
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Abstract

In this paper, we study triple-product-free sets, which are analogous to the widely studied concept of product-free sets. A nonempty subset S of a group G is triple-product-free if $abc \notin S$ for all $a, b, c \in S$. If S is triple-product-free and is not a proper subset of any other triple-product-free set, we say that S is locally maximal. We classify all groups containing a locally maximal triple-product-free set of size 1. We then derive necessary and sufficient conditions for a subset of a group to be locally maximal triple-product-free, and conclude with some observations and comparisons with the situation for standard product-free sets.

Keywords

sum-free setproduct-free setsolution-free settriple-product-free setfinite group

MSC classification

Primary: 20D60: Arithmetic and combinatorial problems
Secondary: 20F99: None of the above, but in this section

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 110 , Issue 1 , August 2024 , pp. 129 - 135
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc.

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