Nontriviality of rings of integral-valued polynomials
Number Theory
2026-03-10 v2 Commutative Algebra
Abstract
Let be a subset of , the ring of all algebraic integers. A polynomial is said to be integral-valued on if for all . The set of all integral-valued polynomials on forms a subring of containing . We say that is trivial if , and nontrivial otherwise. We give a collection of necessary and sufficient conditions on in order to be nontrivial. Our characterizations involve, variously, topological conditions on with respect to fixed extensions of the -adic valuations to ; pseudo-monotone sequences contained in ; ramification indices and residue field degrees; and the polynomial closure of in .
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@article{arxiv.2407.09351,
title = {Nontriviality of rings of integral-valued polynomials},
author = {Giulio Peruginelli and Nicholas J. Werner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.09351},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
any comment is welcome! accepted for publication in Mathematische Nachrichten (2025)