Elementary analysis of isolated zeroes of a polynomial system
Number Theory
2021-02-02 v1
Abstract
Wooley ({\em J. Number Theory}, 1996) gave an elementary proof of a Bezout like theorem allowing one to count the number of isolated integer roots of a system of polynomial equations modulo some prime power. In this article, we adapt the proof to a slightly different setting. Specifically, we consider polynomials with coefficients from a polynomial ring for an arbitrary field and give an upper bound on the number of isolated roots modulo for an arbitrary positive integer . In particular, using , we can bound the number of isolated roots of a system of polynomials over an arbitrary field .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2102.00602,
title = {Elementary analysis of isolated zeroes of a polynomial system},
author = {Mitali Bafna and Madhu Sudan and Santhoshini Velusamy and David Xiang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.00602},
year = {2021}
}