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A Theorem of Sylvester–Gallai Type for Abelian Groups
F. K. Nilova, A. A. Polyanskiibcd a Lomonosov Moscow State University
b Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region
c Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kharkevich Institute), Moscow
d Caucasus Mathematical Center, Adyghe State University, Maikop
Abstract:
A finite subset $X$ of an Abelian group $A$ with respect to addition is called a Sylvester–Gallai set of type $m$ if $|X|\ge m$ and, for every distinct $x_1,\dots,x_{m-1} \in X$, there is an element $x_m \in X \setminus \{x_1,\dots,x_{m-1}\}$ such that $$ x_1+\dots+x_m=o_A, $$ where $o_A$ stands for the zero of the group $A$. We describe all Sylvester–Gallai sets of type $m$. As a consequence, we obtain the following result: if $Y$is a finite set of points on an elliptic curve in $\mathbb P^2(\mathbb C)$ and
(A) if, for every two distinct points $x_1,x_2 \in Y$, there is a point $x_3 \in Y \setminus \{x_1,x_2\}$ collinear to $x_1$ and $x_2$, then either $Y$ is a Hesse configuration of an elliptic curve or $Y$ consists of three points lying on the same line;
(B) if, for every five distinct points $x_1,\dots,x_5 \in Y$, there is a point $x_6 \in Y \setminus \{x_1,\dots,x_{5}\}$ such that $x_1,\dots,x_6$ lie on the same conic, then $Y$ consists of six points lying on the same conic.
Keywords:
Sylvester–Gallai theorem, configurations of points and lines, configurations of points and conics, elliptic curves.
Received: 20.04.2020 Revised: 03.03.2021
Citation:
F. K. Nilov, A. A. Polyanskii, “A Theorem of Sylvester–Gallai Type for Abelian Groups”, Mat. Zametki, 110:1 (2021), 99–109; Math. Notes, 110:1 (2021), 110–117
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/mzm12761https://doi.org/10.4213/mzm12761 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/mzm/v110/i1/p99
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