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Prime solutions to polynomial equations in many variables and differing degrees

Number Theory 2017-03-10 v1

Abstract

Let f=(f1,,fR)\mathbf{f} = (f_1, \ldots, f_R) be a system of polynomials with integer coefficients in which the degrees need not all be the same. We provide sufficient conditions for which the system of equations fj(x1,,xn)=0 (1jR)f_j (x_1, \ldots, x_n) = 0 \ (1 \leq j \leq R) satisfies a general local to global type statement, and has a solution where each coordinate is prime. In fact we obtain the asymptotic formula for number of such solutions, counted with a logarithmic weight, under these conditions. We prove the statement via the Hardy-Littlewood circle method. This is a generalization of the work of B. Cook and \'{A}. Magyar, where they obtained the result when the polynomials of f\mathbf{f} all have the same degree. Hitherto, results of this type for systems of polynomial equations involving different degrees have been restricted to the diagonal case.

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@article{arxiv.1703.03332,
  title  = {Prime solutions to polynomial equations in many variables and differing degrees},
  author = {Shuntaro Yamagishi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.03332},
  year   = {2017}
}

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66 pages

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