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The Solution to Waring's Problem for Monomials

Commutative Algebra 2011-10-05 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

In the polynomial ring T=k[y1,...,yn]T=k[y_1,...,y_n], with n>1n>1, we bound the multiplicity of homogeneous radical ideals I(y1a1,...,ynan)I\subset (y_1^{a_1},...,y_n^{a_n}) such that T/IT/I is a graded kk-algebra with Krull dimension one. As a consequence we solve the Waring Problem for all monomials, i.e. we compute the minimal number of linear forms needed to write a monomial as a sum of powers of these linear forms. Moreover, we give an explicit description of a sum of powers decomposition for monomials. We also produce new bounds for the Waring rank of polynomials which are a sum of pairwise coprime monomials.

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@article{arxiv.1110.0745,
  title  = {The Solution to Waring's Problem for Monomials},
  author = {Enrico Carlini and Maria Virginia Catalisano and Anthony V. Geramita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.0745},
  year   = {2011}
}
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