Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5772712 Journal of Number Theory 2017 17 Pages PDF
Abstract
We show how Newton polygons can be used to obtain new information on the 2-adic valuations of a certain constant associated with the Prouhet-Tarry-Escott (PTE) problem. Two explicit examples are given involving the cases n=8 and n=9 in the PTE problem.
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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory
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Newton polygons and the Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem
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