Every strict sum of cubes in F₄[t] is a strict sum of 6 cubes

DOI10.4171/PM/1807MaRDI QIDQ931847zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Luis Gallardo

Publication date 2 July 2008

Published in Portugaliae Mathematica. Nova Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://www.ems-ph.org/journals/show_pdf.php?issn=0032-5155&vol=65&iss=2&rank=4

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic twocubescubic formsfinite fieldsformspolynomialsWaring's problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials in number theory (11C08) Forms of degree higher than two (11E76) Arithmetic theory of polynomial rings over finite fields (11T55)

Review text

Summary: It is easy to see that an element \(P(t) \in \mathbb F_4[t]\) is a strict sum of cubes if and only if \(P(t) \in M(4)\) where \(M(4) = \{P(t) \in \mathbb F_4[t] \mid P(r) \in \{0,1\}\) for all \(r \in \mathbb F_4\) and such that either 3 does not divide \(\deg(P(t))\), or 3 does divide \(\deg(P(t))\) and \(P(t)\) is monic \(\}\). We say that \(P(t)\) is a ``strict sum of cubes \(A_1(t)^3 + \cdots + A_g(t)^3\) if \(\deg(A_i^3)< \deg(P) + 3\) for each \(i\), and we define \(g(3, \mathbb F_4[ t ])\) as the least \(g\) such that every element of \(M(4)\) is a strict sum of \(g\) cubes. The main result is that \(g(3, \mathbb F_4[t]) \leq 6\). This improves an earlier result of the author that \(g(3, \mathbb F_4[t]) \leq 9\).

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Cites work

• Every sum of cubes in \(\mathbb F_2[t]\) is a strict sum of 6 cubes
• Representations of polynomials over finite fields of characteristic two as \(A^2+A+BC+D^3\)
• Sums of cubes of polynomials
• Une variante du problème de Waring sur F2n[t
• Waring's problem for cubes and squares over a finite field of even characteristic

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