Zero-sum Problems and their Connections
to Covers of

Zhi-Wei Sun
Department of Mathematics
Nanjing University
Nanjing 210093
P. R. China

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In this talk we present a new powerful approach to zero-sum problems on abelian groups, and disclose their connections to covers of the integers by residue classes. The recent solution to the Kemnitz conjecture by C. Reiher will also be commented and simplified.