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Waring's problem with restricted digits

Number Theory 2024-11-19 v3

Abstract

Let k2k \geq 2 and b3b \geq 3 be integers, and suppose that d1,d2{0,1,,b1}d_1, d_2 \in \{0,1,\dots, b - 1\} are distinct and coprime. Let S\mathcal{S} be the set of non-negative integers, all of whose digits in base bb are either d1d_1 or d2d_2. Then every sufficiently large integer is a sum of at most b160k2b^{160 k^2} numbers of the form xkx^k, xSx \in \mathcal{S}.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2309.09383,
  title  = {Waring's problem with restricted digits},
  author = {Ben Green},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.09383},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

32 pages, to appear in Compositio. Minor changes from v2 in response to referee reports

R2 v1 2026-06-28T12:24:10.298Z