On the function field analogue of Landau's theorem on sums of squares (Q268493)

The paper is about asymptotic formulas for the number \(B(q,n)\) of polynomials of degree \(n\) of the form \(A^2+t B^2\) in \(\mathbb{F}_q[t]\) with \(q\) odd (otherwise \(B(q,n)=1\)). Using analytic methods the authors got he following formulas that is their main result. Theorem. When \(n>1\) and \(q\) goes to infinity \[ B(q,n) =\left( \frac{q}{4}\right)^n C(n) + r(n)q^{n-1}+ O_n(q^{n-2}) \] where \(C(n)\) is Catalan number, \(2 \cdot r(n)\cdot 4^{n-1} = C(n-1)+2 \cdot C(n-2),\) and, when \(n\) goes to infinity with fixed \(q\): \[ \sqrt{\pi n} \cdot B(q,n) = k_q \cdot q^n + O_q(\frac{q^n}{n}) \] where the positive real \(k_q\) satisfies \(1 =(1-\frac{1}{q})\cdot k_q^2 \cdot \prod_{P} (1-\frac{1}{\mid P \mid^2})\); the product is over the \(P\)'s with Legendre's symbol relative to \(t\) equal to \(-1.\)