On the sumsets of exceptional units in Z_n

DOI10.1007/S00605-015-0872-YzbMATH Open1425.11018arXiv1509.06272OpenAlexW2962837721MaRDI QIDQ509717FDOQ509717

Authors: Quan-Hui Yang, Qing-Qing Zhao 

Publication date: 17 February 2017

Published in: Monatshefte für Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $R$ be a commutative ring with $1inR$ and $R^{ast}$ be the multiplicative group of its units. In 1969, Nagell introduced the exceptional unit $u$ if both $u$ and $1-u$ belong to $R^{ast}$. Let $mathbb{Z}_n$ be the ring of residue classes modulo $n$. In this paper, given an integer $kge2$, we obtain an exact formula for the number of ways to represent each element of $mathbb{Z}_n$ as the sum of $k$ exceptional units. This generalizes a recent result of J. W. Sander for the case $k=2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.06272

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zbMATH Keywords

exponential sumring of residue classesexceptional units

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Trigonometric and exponential sums (general theory) (11L03) Gauss and Kloosterman sums; generalizations (11L05) Additive bases, including sumsets (11B13)

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