Waring's problem for fields

DOI10.4064/AA159-4-2zbMATH Open1310.11101arXiv1303.4818OpenAlexW2963507667MaRDI QIDQ2839286FDOQ2839286

Authors: William Ellison 

Publication date: 4 July 2013

Published in: Acta Arithmetica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Denote by P(K, k) the members of the field K which are sums of kth powers of field elements, by P+(K, k) the set of members of K which are sums of kth powers of totally positive elements of K. We are interested in deciding whether or not there exist integers w(K, k) and g(K, k) such that: a in P(K, k) implies that a is the sum of at most w(K, k) kth powers; a in P+(K, k) implies that a is the sum of at most g(K, k) totally positive kth powers. We will show that if w(K, 2) is finite and provided that the kth powers are dense (in a sense described explicitly in theorem 3) in K, then w(K, k) is also finite for k > 2. The proofs are constructive, but the implied upper bounds for w(K, k) are large. This is to be expected since the method of proof does not use any deep arithmetical or algebraic properties of the field K.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.4818

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zbMATH Keywords

sums of squaresformally real fieldWaring's problemPythagoras numberrational function fieldsums of higher powers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Waring's problem and variants (11P05) Forms of degree higher than two (11E76) Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Fields related with sums of squares (formally real fields, Pythagorean fields, etc.) (12D15) Transcendental field extensions (12F20)

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