• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.315-321
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• 2010

Waring's problem deals with representing any nonconstant function in a set of functions as a sum of kth powers of nonconstant functions in the same set. Consider ${\sum}_{i=1}^p\;f_i(z)^k=z$. Suppose that $k{\geq}2$. Let p be the smallest number of functions that give the above identity. We consider Waring's problem for the set of linear fractional transformations and obtain p = k.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.327-344
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• 2006

This study examined the proof levels and understanding of constituents of proving by three mathematically gifted 6th grade korean students, who belonged to the highest 1% in elementary school, through observation and interviews on the problem-solving process in relation to constructing a rectangle of which area equals the sum of two other rectangles. We assigned the students with Clairaut's geometric problems and analyzed their proof levels and their difficulties in thinking related to the understanding of constituents of proving. Analysis of data was made based on the proof level suggested by Waring (2000) and the constituents of proving presented by Galbraith(1981), Dreyfus & Hadas(1987), Seo(1999). As a result, we found out that the students recognized the meaning and necessity of proof, and they peformed some geometric proofs if only they had teacher's proper intervention.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.46 no.5
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• pp.941-947
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• 2009

Let q be a power of 16. Every polynomial $P\in\mathbb{F}_q$[t] is a strict sum $P=A^2+A+B^3+C^3+D^3+E^3$. The values of A,B,C,D,E are effectively obtained from the coefficients of P. The proof uses the new result that every polynomial $Q\in\mathbb{F}_q$[t], satisfying the necessary condition that the constant term Q(0) has zero trace, has a strict and effective representation as: $Q=F^2+F+tG^2$. This improves for such q's and such Q's a result of Gallardo, Rahavandrainy, and Vaserstein that requires three polynomials F,G,H for the strict representation $Q=F^2$+F+GH. Observe that the latter representation may be considered as an analogue in characteristic 2 of the strict representation of a polynomial Q by three squares in odd characteristic.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.1139-1161
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• 2012

Let $p$ be an odd prime number and let F be a finite field with $p^m$ elements. We study representations and strict representations of polynomials $M{\in}F$[T] by sums of ($p^r$ + 1)-th powers. A representation $$M=M_1^k+{\cdots}+M_s^k$$ of $M{\in}F$[T] as a sum of $k$-th powers of polynomials is strict if $k$ deg $M_i<k$ + degM.