On Waring's problem for larger powers (Q6071113)

Let \(G(k)\) denote the least number \(s\) having the property that every sufficiently large natural number is the sum of at most \(s\) positive integral \(k\)-th powers. In this paper, the authors prove that for all \(k\in\mathbb{N}\), one has \(G(k)\leq \lceil k\left(\log k + 4.20032\right)\rceil\) and \(G(k)< k\left(\log k + C_1\right)+C_2\), where \(C_1\approxeq 4.200189\) and \(C_2\approxeq 3.015478\) are constants determined explicitly in terms of the unique solution of the transcendental equation \(w-2-1/w=\log w\). For \(14\leq k\leq 20\), they show that \(G(k)\leq H(k)\), where \(H(k)=89, 97, 105, 113, 121, 129, 137\), respectively for \(k=14, \dots, 20\).