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.
References
Primary source
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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