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Multivariate ultrametric root counting

Algebraic Geometry 2011-07-07 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Let KK be a field, complete with respect to a discrete non-archimedian valuation and let kk be the residue field. Consider a system FF of nn polynomial equations in K\varsK\vars. Our first result is a reformulation of the classical Hensel's Lemma in the language of tropical geometry: we show sufficient conditions (semiregularity at ww) that guarantee that the first digit map δ:(K)n(k)n\delta:(K^\ast)^n\to(k^\ast)^n is a one to one correspondence between the solutions of FF in (K)n(K^\ast)^n with valuation ww and the solutions in (k)n(k^\ast)^n of the initial form system inw(F){\rm in}_w(F). Using this result, we provide an explicit formula for the number of solutions in (K)n(K^\ast)^n of a certain class of systems of polynomial equations (called regular), characterized by having finite tropical prevariety, by having initial forms consisting only of binomials, and by being semiregular at any point in the tropical prevariety. Finally, as a consequence of the root counting formula, we obtain the expected number of roots in (K)(K^\ast) of univariate polynomials with given support and random coefficients.

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@article{arxiv.1107.1162,
  title  = {Multivariate ultrametric root counting},
  author = {Martin Avendano and Ashraf Ibrahim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.1162},
  year   = {2011}
}
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