Linear dependence of powers of linear forms



Abstract

The main goal of the paper is to examine the dimension of the vector space spanned by powers of linear forms. We also find a lower bound for the number of summands in the presentation of zero form as a sum of d-th powers of linear forms.


Keywords

linear form; sums of powers of linear forms; ticket of the set of polynomials

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Published : 2022-07-14


SładekA. (2022). Linear dependence of powers of linear forms. Annales Mathematicae Silesianae, 29, 131-138. Retrieved from https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/AMSIL/article/view/13983

Andrzej Sładek  andrzej.sladek@us.edu.pl
Instytut Matematyki, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach  Poland



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