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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Kansas State University
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4152 |