Bounded asymptotic bases for linear forms

Abstract

For a vector of positive integers $\mathbf{b}=(b_1,\dots ,b_h)$ with $\gcd (b_1,\dots ,b_h)=1$, we study sets $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ for which every sufficiently large integer has a bounded positive number of representations \[ n = b_1 x_1 + \cdots + b_h x_h \qquad (x_1,\ldots,x_h\in A). \] We prove that such a set exists for every binary vector $\mathbf{b}\ne (1,1)$, and for some general higher-dimensional families, including $\mathbf{b}=(u_1,p^d{u}_2,\dots ,p^{(h-1)d}{u}_h)$ where $p\nmid u_1\cdots u_h$.

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