A Circle Method Approach to K-Multimagic Squares
Speaker:
Daniel Flores, Purdue University
Date and Time:
Friday, June 14, 2024 - 11:20am to 11:45am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 309
Abstract:
In this paper we investigate $K$-multimagic squares of order $N$, these are $N \times N$ magic squares which remain magic after raising each element to the $k$th power for all $2 \le k \le K$. Given $K \ge 2$, we consider the problem of establishing the smallest integer $N(K)$ for which there exists non-trivial $K$-multimagic squares of order $N(K)$. Previous results on multimagic squares show that $N(K) \le (4K-2)^K$ for large $K$. Here we utilize the Hardy-Littlewood circle method and establish the bound
\[N(K) \le 2K(K+1)+1.\]
Via an argument of Granville's we additionally deduce the existence of infinitely many non-trivial prime valued $K$-multimagic squares of order $2K(K+1)+1$.