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Conjectures on the distribution of roots modulo a prime of a polynomial

Number Theory 2024-09-05 v9

Abstract

For a given monic integral polynomial f(x)f(x) of degree nn, we define local roots rir_i of f(x)f(x) for a completely decomposable prime pp by riZr_i \in \mathbb{Z}, f(ri)0modpf(r_i) \equiv 0 \bmod p and 0r1r2rn<p0 \le r_1 \le r_2 \le \dots \le r_n < p. With numerical data, we propose a conjecture on the distribution of (r1/p,,rn/p)(r_1/p,\dots,r_n/p), which is a new kind of equi-distribution, and a conjecture of the distribution of (r1,,rn)(r_1,\dots,r_n) which satisfies riRimodLr_i \equiv R_i \bmod L for given natural numbers L,R1,,RnL,R_1,\dots,R_n, which is nothing but Dirichlet's theorem on an arithmetic progression in the case n=1n = 1.

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@article{arxiv.1905.02364,
  title  = {Conjectures on the distribution of roots modulo a prime of a polynomial},
  author = {Yoshiyuki Kitaoka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.02364},
  year   = {2024}
}