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On Certain Probabilistic Properties of Polynomials over the Ring of $p$-adic Integers

Number Theory 2021-03-11 v1

Abstract

In this article, we study several probabilistic properties of polynomials defined over the ring of pp-adic integers under the Haar measure. First, we calculate the probability that a monic polynomial is separable, generalizing a result of Polak. Second, we introduce the notion of two polynomials being strongly coprime and calculate the probability of two monic polynomials {being} strongly coprime. Finally, we explain how our method can be used to extrapolate other probabilistic properties of polynomials over the ring of pp-adic integers from polynomials defined over the integers modulo powers of pp.

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@article{arxiv.2103.06163,
  title  = {On Certain Probabilistic Properties of Polynomials over the Ring of $p$-adic Integers},
  author = {Antonio Lei and Antoine Poulin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.06163},
  year   = {2021}
}