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Statistical distribution of roots of a polynomial modulo primes

Number Theory 2017-06-28 v1

Abstract

Let f(x)=xn+an1xn1++a0f(x)=x^n+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+\dots+a_0 be an irreducible polynomial with integer coefficients. For a prime pp for which f(x)f(x) is fully splitting modulo p p, we consider nn roots rir_i of f(x)0modpf(x)\equiv 0\bmod p with 0r1rn<p0 \le r_1\le\dots\le r_n<p and propose several conjectures on the distribution of an integer iSri/p\lceil \sum_{i\in S} r_i/p\rceil for a subset SS of {1,,n}\{1,\dots,n\} when pp\to\infty.

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@article{arxiv.1706.08636,
  title  = {Statistical distribution of roots of a polynomial modulo primes},
  author = {Yoshiyuki Kitaoka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.08636},
  year   = {2017}
}