Union of Sets of Lengths of Numerical Semigroups

Abstract

Let S=〈a1,…,ap〉 be a numerical semigroup, let s∈S and let Z(s) be its set of factorizations. The set of lengths is denoted by L(s)={L(x1,⋯,xp)∣(x1,⋯,xp)∈Z(s)}, where L(x1,⋯,xp)=x1+⋯+xp. The following sets can then be defined: W(n)={s∈S∣∃x∈Z(s)suchthatL(x)=n}, ν(n)=⋃s∈W(n)L(s)={l1l2⋯lr} and Δν(n)={l2−l1,…,lr−lr−1}. In this paper, we prove that the function Δν:N→P(N) is almost periodic with period lcm(a1,ap).

Keywords

• delta-set
• non-unique factorization
• numerical monoid
• numerical semigroup