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ℓ\ellℓ-sum-free sets modulo mmm

Definition
ModularSchurBasic

by mysticflounder · Sep 19, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

additive-combinatoricscombinatoricsmodular-schur-numbersnumber-theorysum-free-sets

This bundle introduces the residue-level notion of sum-freeness on which the whole modular Schur development rests.

Fix a modulus m≥2m \ge 2m≥2 and a number of summands ℓ≥2\ell \ge 2ℓ≥2, and work in the cyclic group Z/m\mathbb{Z}/mZ/m. A finite subset C⊆Z/mC \subseteq \mathbb{Z}/mC⊆Z/m is ℓ\ellℓ-sum-free modulo mmm when no ℓ\ellℓ of its elements, repetitions allowed, sum to an element of CCC:

x1+⋯+xℓ≠yfor all x1,…,xℓ∈C and all y∈C,x_1 + \cdots + x_\ell \ne y \quad \text{for all } x_1, \dots, x_\ell \in C \text{ and all } y \in C,x1​+⋯+xℓ​=yfor all x1​,…,xℓ​∈C and all y∈C,

the sum and the inequality both taken in Z/m\mathbb{Z}/mZ/m.

For ℓ=2\ell = 2ℓ=2 this is the classical sum-free condition behind the Schur numbers; letting ℓ\ellℓ vary gives the modular generalisation studied here. Every later definition and theorem in this mission is phrased in terms of this single predicate, so it is the shared vocabulary of the whole tree.

Formalization Note The ℓ\ellℓ-tuple is a function f:Fin ℓ→Z/mf : \mathrm{Fin}\ \ell \to \mathbb{Z}/mf:Fin ℓ→Z/m taking values in CCC, which builds in repetitions allowed automatically, and the sum is the Finset sum over Fin ℓ\mathrm{Fin}\ \ellFin ℓ.

Definition code
-- Generated from lean/ModularSchur/Basic.lean by skeleton
-- subtraction: every declaration except the def-material below is deleted,
-- and project imports are rewritten to their platform Definitions bundles.
import Mathlib

namespace ModularSchur

open Finset

/-- A subset `C ⊆ ZMod m` is **ℓ-sum-free mod m** iff no `(ℓ+1)`-tuple
    from `C` (with repetitions) satisfies `x₁ + ⋯ + x_ℓ = y`. -/
def IsEllSumFree (m : ℕ) (ℓ : ℕ) (C : Finset (ZMod m)) : Prop :=
  ∀ f : Fin ℓ → ZMod m, (∀ i, f i ∈ C) → ∀ y ∈ C, (∑ i, f i) ≠ y

end ModularSchur
Source
McKenna 2026, "Prime-power structure of the stable regime for modular Schur numbers", docs/paper/modular-schur.pdf in the same repository, Definition 1.1 (residue form). Lean source: https://github.com/mysticflounder/modular-schur/blob/eb6098890f05eff39190e6cd8e41fdea53fa81f9/lean/ModularSchur/Basic.lean#L25-L28

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