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Smooth Polynomial Solutions to aTernary Additive Equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Junsoo Ha
Junsoo Ha*
Affiliation:
Korea Institute for Advanced Study, 85 Hoegiro, Dongdaemungu, Seoul, Republic of Korea e-mail: junsooha@kias.re.kr
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Let ${{\mathbf{F}}_{q}}[T]$ be the ring of polynomials over the finite field of $q$ elements and $Y$ a large integer. We say a polynomial in ${{\mathbf{F}}_{q}}[T]$ is $Y$-smooth if all of its irreducible factors are of degree at most $Y$. We show that a ternary additive equation $a\,+\,b\,=\,c$ over $Y$-smooth polynomials has many solutions. As an application, if $S$ is the set of first $s$ primes in ${{\mathbf{F}}_{q}}[T]$ and $s$ is large, we prove that the $S$-unit equation $u\,+\,v\,=\,1$ has at least $\text{exp}\left( {{s}^{1/6-\in }}\,\text{log}\,\text{q} \right)$ solutions.

Keywords

11T5511D0411L0711T23smooth numberpolynomial over a finite fieldcircle method
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , 01 February 2018 , pp. 117 - 141
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2018

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