English

Chinese Remainder Theorem for Cyclotomic Polynomials in $\mathbf{Z}[X]$

Number Theory 2015-12-11 v3 Combinatorics Rings and Algebras

Abstract

By the Chinese remainder theorem, the canonical map Ψn:R[X]/(Xn1)dnR[X]/Φd(X)\Psi_n: R[X]/(X^n-1)\to \oplus_{d|n} R[X]/\Phi_d(X) is an isomorphism when RR is a field whose characteristic does not divide nn and Φd\Phi_d is the ddth cyclotomic polynomial. When RR is the ring Z\mathbf{Z} of rational integers, this map is injective but not surjective. In this paper, we give an explicit formula for the elementary divisors of the cokernel of Ψn\Psi_n(when R=ZR=\mathbb{Z}) using the prime factorisation of nn. We also give a pictorial algorithm using Young Tableaux that takes O(n3+ϵ)O(n^{3+\epsilon}) bit operations for any ϵ>0\epsilon > 0 to determine a basis of Smith vectors (see Definition 3.1) for the codomain of Ψn\Psi_n. In general when RR is an integral domain, we prove that the determinant of Ψ:R[X]/(jfj)jR[X]/(fj)\Psi : R[X]/(\prod_j f_j) \to \bigoplus_j R[X]/(f_j) written with respect to the standard basis is 1i<jnR(fj,fi)\prod_{1 \leqslant i < j \leqslant n} \mathcal{R}(f_j, f_i), where fif_i's are pairwise relatively prime monic polynomials and R(fj,fi)\mathcal{R}(f_j, f_i) is the resultant of fjf_j and fif_i.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1401.7696,
  title  = {Chinese Remainder Theorem for Cyclotomic Polynomials in $\mathbf{Z}[X]$},
  author = {Kamalakshya Mahatab and Kannappan Sampath},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.7696},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

33 pages, 7 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-22T02:57:28.520Z