Expression for $g(k)$ Related to Waring's Problem
Number Theory
2025-09-05 v2
Abstract
Waring's Problem asks whether, for each positive integer , there exists an integer such that every positive integer is a sum of at most th powers. While Hilbert proved the existence of such , Waring's Problem has lead to areas of related work, namely the function , which denotes the least such . There is no known general closed form for , though for has been evaluated for small . Prior work has reduced the problem to verifying a particular condition, which if never occurs, implies an expression for . In this paper, I present a proof the condition never occurs, thus fixing the value of .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2508.17950,
title = {Expression for $g(k)$ Related to Waring's Problem},
author = {Owen Root},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.17950},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Corrected grammar and typos, strengthened and clarified argument, result unchanged