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On sumsets involving $k$th powers of finite fields

Number Theory 2025-03-04 v4

Abstract

In this paper, we study some topics concerning the additive decompositions of the set DkD_k of all kkth power residues modulo a prime pp. For example, given a positive integer k2k\ge2, we prove that limx+B(x)π(x)=0,\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{B(x)}{\pi(x)}=0, where π(x)\pi(x) is the number of primes pxp\le x and B(x)B(x) denotes the cardinality of the set {px:p1(modk);Dk has a non-trivial 2-additive decomposition}.\{p\le x: p\equiv1\pmod k; D_k\ \text{has a non-trivial 2-additive decomposition}\}.

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@article{arxiv.2304.11789,
  title  = {On sumsets involving $k$th powers of finite fields},
  author = {Hai-Liang Wu and Ning-Liu Wei and Yu-Bo Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.11789},
  year   = {2025}
}