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Sums and differences of power-free numbers

Julia Brandes (2015)

Acta Arithmetica

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We employ a generalised version of Heath-Brown's square sieve in order to establish an asymptotic estimate of the number of solutions a, b ∈ ℕ to the equations a + b = n and a - b = n, where a is k-free and b is l-free. This is the first time that this problem has been studied with distinct powers k and l.

Sums of three cubes, II

Trevor D. Wooley (2015)

Acta Arithmetica

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Estimates are provided for sth moments of cubic smooth Weyl sums, when 4 ≤ s ≤ 8, by enhancing the author's iterative method that delivers estimates beyond classical convexity. As a consequence, an improved lower bound is presented for the number of integers not exceeding X that are represented as the sum of three cubes of natural numbers.

A characterization of sequences with the minimum number of k-sums modulo k

Xingwu Xia, Yongke Qu, Guoyou Qian (2014)

Colloquium Mathematicae

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Let G be an additive abelian group of order k, and S be a sequence over G of length k+r, where 1 ≤ r ≤ k-1. We call the sum of k terms of S a k-sum. We show that if 0 is not a k-sum, then the number of k-sums is at least r+2 except for S containing only two distinct elements, in which case the number of k-sums equals r+1. This result improves the Bollobás-Leader theorem, which states that there are at least r+1 k-sums if 0 is not a k-sum.