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Sets of Lengths of Powers of a Variable

Commutative Algebra 2016-07-11 v1

Abstract

A positive integer k is a length of a polynomial if that polynomial factors into a product of k irreducible polynomials. We find the set of lengths of polynomials of the form x^n in R[x], where (R, m) is an Artinian local ring with m^2 = 0.

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@article{arxiv.1607.02236,
  title  = {Sets of Lengths of Powers of a Variable},
  author = {Richard Belshoff and Daniel Kline and Mark W. Rogers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.02236},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

To appear in the Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics