The strict Waring problem for polynomial rings

Journal of Number Theory

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2963-2972

  Gallardo, Luis H ^a   Vaserstein, Leonid N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite fields; Polynomial rings; Waring's problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 54449084979     PISSN: 0022314X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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