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New solutions of the Tarry-Escott problem of degrees 2, 3 and 5

Number Theory 2021-06-29 v1

Abstract

In this paper we obtain new parametric ideal solutions of the Tarry-Escott problem of degrees 2, 3 and 5, that is, of the diophantine systems i=1k+1xij=i=1k+1yij,  j=1,2,,k\sum_{i=1}^{k+1}x_i^j=\sum_{i=1}^{k+1}y_i^j,\;j=1,\,2,\,\dots,\,k, when kk is 2, 3 or 5. When k=2k=2, we obtain the complete ideal solution in terms of polynomials in six parameters p,q,r,a,bp, q, r, a, b and cc such that the common sums σj=i=13xij=i=13yij\sigma_j=\sum_{i=1}^3x_i^j=\sum_{i=1}^3y_i^j for both j=1j=1 and j=2j=2 are symmetric functions of the parameters p,q,rp, q, r and also symmetric functions of the parameters a,b,ca, b, c. When k=3k=3, we obtain a solution in terms of polynomials in four parameters p,q,rp, q, r and ss such that the three common sums σj=i=14xij=i=14yij,j=1,2,3\sigma_j= \sum_{i=1}^4x_i^j=\sum_{i=1}^4y_i^j, j=1, 2, 3, are symmetric functions of all the four parameters p,q,rp, q, r and ss. When k=5k=5, our solution is derived from the solution already obtained when k=2k=2, and the common sums, defined as in the cases when k=2k=2 or 3, are either 0 or have properties similar to the case when k=2k=2.

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@article{arxiv.2106.13944,
  title  = {New solutions of the Tarry-Escott problem of degrees 2, 3 and 5},
  author = {Ajai Choudhry},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.13944},
  year   = {2021}
}

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