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On Waring's problem in finite fields

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Institut für Algebra und Zahlentheorie, TU Braunschweig, Pockelsstr. 14, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

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Pages:
171-177
Main language of publication
English
Received
1998-03-13
Accepted
1998-08-13
Published
1998
Exact and natural sciences