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Sums of even ascending powers

Number Theory 2020-01-09 v1

Abstract

Freiman and Scourfield proved that any large enough integer can be written as a sum of a certain number of ascending even powers. We use the circle method to provide the first explicit bound on this number, and show that any large enough integer can be written as a sum of 133 ascending even powers.

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@article{arxiv.2001.02429,
  title  = {Sums of even ascending powers},
  author = {Chan Ieong Kuan and Didier Lesesvre and Xuanxuan Xiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.02429},
  year   = {2020}
}

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20 pages

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