Waring’s number in finite fields

Doctor of Philosophy === Department of Mathematics === Todd E. Cochrane === This thesis establishes bounds (primarily upper bounds) on Waring's number in finite fields. Let $p$ be a prime, $q=p^n$, $\mathbb F_q$ be the finite field in $q$ elements, $k$ be a positive integer with $k|(q-1)$ and $...

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Main Author: Cipra, James Arthur
Language:en_US
Published: Kansas State University 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4152