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Integer-valued polynomials over matrices and divided differences

Rings and Algebras 2018-10-03 v3 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

Let DD be an integrally closed domain with quotient field KK and nn a positive integer. We give a characterization of the polynomials in K[X]K[X] which are integer-valued over the set of matrices Mn(D)M_n(D) in terms of their divided differences. A necessary and sufficient condition on fK[X]f\in K[X] to be integer-valued over Mn(D)M_n(D) is that, for each kk less than nn, the kk-th divided difference of ff is integral-valued on every subset of the roots of any monic polynomial over DD of degree nn. If in addition the intersection of the maximal ideals of finite index is (0)(0) then it is sufficient to check the above conditions on subsets of the roots of monic irreducible polynomials of degree nn, that is, conjugate integral elements of degree nn over DD.

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@article{arxiv.1301.6332,
  title  = {Integer-valued polynomials over matrices and divided differences},
  author = {Giulio Peruginelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.6332},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

minor changes, notation made uniform throughout the paper. Fixed a wrong assumption we used in (4), (5) and Thm 4.1: "$D$ has zero Jacobson radical" has to be replaced with "the intersection of the maximal ideals of finite index is $(0)$". Keywords: Integer-valued polynomial, Divided differences, Matrix, Integral element, Polynomial closure, Pullback. In Monatshefte f\"ur Mathematik, 2013

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