SUMS OF POLYNOMIAL-TYPE EXCEPTIONAL UNITS MODULO

Abstract: Let

f (x) i n m a t h b b Z [x]

be a nonconstant polynomial. Let

n, k

and

c

be integers such that

n g e 1

and

k g e 2

. An integer

a

is called an

f

-exunit in the ring

m a t h b b Z_{n}

of residue classes modulo

n

if

g c d (f (a), n) = 1

. In this paper, we use the principle of cross-classification to derive an explicit formula for the number

{m a t h c a l N}_{k, f, c} (n)

of solutions

(x_{1}, ..., x_{k})

of the congruence

x_{1} + ... + x_{k} e q u i v c p m o d n

with all

x_{i}

being

f

-exunits in the ring

m a t h b b Z_{n}

. This extends a recent result of Anand {it et al.} [On a question of

f

-exunits in

m a t h b b Z / n m a t h b b Z

, {it Arch. Math. (Basel)} {�f 116} (2021), 403-409]. We derive a more explicit formula for

{m a t h c a l N}_{k, f, c} (n)

when

f (x)

is linear or quadratic.

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