Cohen's classification conjecture for sums of a 5-potent and an n-potent
Cohen's classification conjecture for sums of a 5-potent and an n-potent
Let be a finite field of order , where is prime and is a positive integer. For an integer , call -potent if , and let denote the set of all -potents. Under the normal conditions, every element of is a sum of a 5-potent and an -potent only for the pairs
Here the normal conditions are those imposed in the paper for the finite-field problem, including and the reduction to exponents compatible with . This conjecture proposes a complete classification of finite fields satisfying the stated sum condition; the paper says that its results confirm the conjecture for all finite fields satisfying the condition.
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Juncheng Zhou, Peter V. Danchev and Hongfeng Wu, “Finite fields whose members are the sum of a potent and a 5-potent”, arXiv:2512.16942 (2026).
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