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On the reducibility type of trinomials

Number Theory 2011-12-20 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Say a trinomial xn+Axm+B\Q[x]x^n+A x^m+B \in \Q[x] has reducibility type (n1,n2,...,nk)(n_1,n_2,...,n_k) if there exists a factorization of the trinomial into irreducible polynomials in \Q[x]\Q[x] of degrees n1n_1, n2n_2,...,nkn_k, ordered so that n1n2...nkn_1 \leq n_2 \leq ... \leq n_k. Specifying the reducibility type of a monic polynomial of fixed degree is equivalent to specifying rational points on an algebraic curve. When the genus of this curve is 0 or 1, there is reasonable hope that all its rational points may be described; and techniques are available that may also find all points when the genus is 2. Thus all corresponding reducibility types may be described. These low genus instances are the ones studied in this paper.

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@article{arxiv.1112.4267,
  title  = {On the reducibility type of trinomials},
  author = {Andrew Bremner and Maciej Ulas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4267},
  year   = {2011}
}

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to appear in Acta Arithmetica