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Monogenic fields arising from trinomials

Number Theory 2022-08-10 v2

Abstract

We call a polynomial monogenic if a root θ\theta has the property that Z[θ]\mathbb{Z}[\theta] is the full ring of integers in Q(θ)\mathbb{Q}(\theta). Consider the two families of trinomials xn+ax+bx^n + ax + b and xn+cxn1+dx^n + cx^{n-1} + d. For any n>2n>2, we show that these families are monogenic infinitely often and give some positive densities in terms of the coefficients. When n=5n=5 or 6 and when a certain factor of the discriminant is square-free, we use the Montes algorithm to establish necessary and sufficient conditions for monogeneity, illuminating more general criteria given by Jakhar, Khanduja, and Sangwan using other methods. Along the way we remark on the equivalence of certain aspects of the Montes algorithm and Dedekind's index criterion.

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@article{arxiv.1908.09793,
  title  = {Monogenic fields arising from trinomials},
  author = {Ryan Ibarra and Henry Lembeck and Mohammad Ozaslan and Hanson Smith and Katherine E. Stange},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.09793},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

15 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables. Significant changes, revisions, and improvements have been made from the previous version. Comments welcome!

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