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Feasibility of integer knapsacks. (English) Zbl 1211.90132

Summary: Given a matrix \(A\in\mathbb{Z}^{m\times n}\) satisfying certain regularity assumptions, we consider the set \(\mathcal{F}(A)\) of all vectors \(b\in\mathbb{Z}^m\) such that the associated knapsack polytope \(P(A,b)=\{ x\in\mathbb{R}^n_{\geq0}:Ax=b\}\) contains an integer point. When \(m=1\) the set \(\mathcal{F}(A)\) is known to contain all consecutive integers greater than the Frobenius number associated with \(A\). In this paper we introduce the diagonal Frobenius number g\((A)\) which reflects in an analogous way feasibility properties of the problem and the structure of \(\mathcal{F}(A)\) in the general case. We give an optimal upper bound for g\((A)\) and also estimate the asymptotic growth of the diagonal Frobenius number on average.

MSC:

90C10 Integer programming
90C27 Combinatorial optimization
11D07 The Frobenius problem
11H06 Lattices and convex bodies (number-theoretic aspects)