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An extension of Schur's irreducibility result

Number Theory 2023-05-09 v1

Abstract

Let n2n\geq 2 be an integer. Let ϕ(x)\phi(x) belonging to Z[x]\mathbb{Z}[x] be a monic polynomial which is irreducible modulo all primes less than or equal to nn. Let a0(x),a1(x),,an1(x)a_0(x), a_1(x), \dots, a_{n-1}(x) belonging to Z[x]\mathbb{Z}[x] be polynomials each having degree less than degϕ(x)\deg \phi(x) and ana_n be an integer. Assume that ana_n and the content of a0(x)a_0(x) are coprime with n!n!. In the present paper, we prove that the polynomial i=0n1ai(x)ϕ(x)ii!+anϕ(x)nn!\sum\limits_{i=0}^{n-1} a_i(x)\frac{\phi(x)^i}{i!}+a_n\frac{\phi(x)^n}{n!} is irreducible over the field Q\mathbb{Q} of rational numbers. This generalizes a well known result of Schur which states that the polynomial i=0naixii!\sum\limits_{i=0}^{n} a_i\frac{x^i}{i!} is irreducible over Q\mathbb{Q} for all n1n\geq 1 when each aiZa_i\in \mathbb{Z} and a0=an=1|a_0|=|a_n|=1. The present paper also extends a result of Filaseta thereby leading to a generalization of the classical Sch\"{o}nemann Irreducibility Criterion.

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@article{arxiv.2305.04781,
  title  = {An extension of Schur's irreducibility result},
  author = {Ankita Jindal and Sudesh Kaur Khanduja},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.04781},
  year   = {2023}
}