Erdős Problem 274 #
References: erdosproblems.com/274 Wikipedia
If G is a group then can there exist an exact covering of G by more than one cosets of
different sizes? (i.e. each element is contained in exactly one of the cosets.)
theorem
Erdos274.erdos_274.variants.abelian
(G : Type u_1)
[Fintype G]
[CommGroup G]
(hG : 1 < Fintype.card G)
(P : Partition ⊤)
(hP : 1 < P.parts.ncard)
(h : ∀ A ∈ P.parts, ∃ (s : G) (H : Subgroup G), s • ↑H = ↑A)
:
If G is a finite abelian group then there cannot exist an exact covering of G by more
than one cosets of different sizes? (i.e. each element is contained in exactly one
of the cosets.)
theorem
Erdos274.herzog_schonheim
(G : Type u_1)
[Group G]
(hG : 1 < ENat.card G)
(P : Partition ⊤)
:
Let $G$ be a group, and let $A = \{a_1G_1, \dots, a_kG_k\}$ be a finite system of left cosets of subgroups $G_1, \dots, G_k$ of $G$.
Herzog and Schönheim conjectured that if $A$ forms a partition of $G$ with $k > 1$, then the indices $[G:G_1], \dots, [G:G_k]$ cannot be distinct.