Sums of powers in large finite fields: a mix of methods

DOI10.1080/00029890.2021.1943117MaRDI QIDQ3379605zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. Bergelson, Andrew Best, Alex Iosevich

Publication date 27 September 2021

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.09518

zbMATH Keywords

large finite fieldssum of two \(d\)th powers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representation problems (11D85) Polynomials over finite fields (11T06) Structure theory for finite fields and commutative rings (number-theoretic aspects) (11T30)

Abstract: Can any element in a sufficiently large finite field be represented as a sum of two $d$th powers in the field? In this article, we recount some of the history of this problem, touching on cyclotomy, Fermat's last theorem, and diagonal equations. Then, we offer two proofs, one new and elementary, and the other more classical, based on Fourier analysis and an application of a nontrivial estimate from the theory of finite fields. In context and juxtaposition, each will have its merits.

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