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Estimating the greatest common divisor of the value of two polynomials

Number Theory 2018-06-12 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

Let pp be a fixed prime, and let v(a)v(a) stand for the exponent of pp in the prime factorization of the integer aa. Let ff and gg be two monic polynomials with integer coefficients and nonzero resultant rr. Write SS for the maximum of v(gcd(f(n),g(n)))v(\gcd (f(n), g(n))) over all integers nn. It is known that Sv(r)S \le v(r). We give various lower and upper bounds for the least possible value of v(r)Sv(r)-S provided that a given power psp^s divides both f(n)f(n) and g(n)g(n) for all nn. In particular, the least possible value is ps2sps^2-s for sps\le p and is asymptotically (p1)s2(p-1)s^2 for large ss.

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@article{arxiv.1712.01054,
  title  = {Estimating the greatest common divisor of the value of two polynomials},
  author = {Péter E. Frenkel and Gergely Zábrádi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.01054},
  year   = {2018}
}

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12 pages