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Explicit bounds for composite lacunary polynomials

Number Theory 2017-11-20 v2

Abstract

Let f,g,hC[x]f, g, h\in \mathbb{C}\left[x\right] be non-constant complex polynomials satisfying f(x)=g(h(x))f(x)=g(h(x)) and let ff be lacunary in the sense that it has at most ll non-constant terms. Zannier proved that there exists a function B1(l)B_1(l) on N\mathbb{N}, depending only on ll and with the property that h(x)h(x) can be written as the ratio of two polynomials having each at most B1(l)B_1(l) terms. Here, we give explicit estimates for this function or, more precicely, we prove that one may take for instance B1(l)=(4l)(2l)(3l)l+1.B_1(l)=(4l)^{(2l)^{(3l)^{l+1}}}. Moreover, in the case l=2l=2, a better result is obtained using the same strategy.

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@article{arxiv.1704.04292,
  title  = {Explicit bounds for composite lacunary polynomials},
  author = {Christina Karolus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.04292},
  year   = {2017}
}

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9 pages

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