Balanced factorizations

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.123.10.989zbMATH Open1391.12004arXiv1506.01571OpenAlexW3037371224WikidataQ58123517 ScholiaQ58123517MaRDI QIDQ4576573FDOQ4576573

Anton A. Klyachko, Anton N. Vassilyev

Publication date: 12 July 2018

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Any rational number can be factored into a product of several rationals whose sum vanishes. This simple but nontrivial fact was suggested as a problem on a maths olympiad for high-school students. We completely solve similar questions in all finite fields and in some other rings, e.g., in the complex and real matrix algebras. Also, we state several open questions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01571

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Field arithmetic (12E30) Elliptic curves (14H52) Conditions on elements (16U99) Equations in general fields (12E12)

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