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The Chebotarev density theorem for function fields -- incomplete intervals

Number Theory 2020-07-07 v2

Abstract

We prove a Polya-Vinogradov type variation of the the Chebotarev density theorem for function fields over finite fields valid for "incomplete intervals" IFpI \subset \mathbb{F}_p, provided (p1/2logp)/I=o(1)(p^{1/2}\log p)/|I| = o(1). Applications include density results for irreducible trinomials in Fp[x]\mathbb{F}_p[x], i.e. the number of irreducible polynomials in the set {f(x)=xd+a1x+a0Fp[x]}a0I0,a1I1\{ f(x) = x^{d} + a_{1} x + a_{0} \in \mathbb{F}_p[x] \}_{a_{0} \in I_{0}, a_{1}\in I_{1}} is I0I1/d\sim |I_{0}|\cdot |I_{1}|/d provided I0>p1/2+ϵ|I_{0}| > p^{1/2+\epsilon}, I1>pϵ|I_{1}| > p^{\epsilon}, or I1>p1/2+ϵ|I_{1}| > p^{1/2+\epsilon}, I0>pϵ|I_{0}| > p^{\epsilon}, and similarly when xdx^{d} is replaced by any monic degree dd polynomial in Fp[x]\mathbb{F}_p[x]. Under the above assumptions we can also determine the distribution of factorization types, and find it to be consistent with the distribution of cycle types of permutations in the symmetric group SdS_{d}.

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@article{arxiv.1901.06751,
  title  = {The Chebotarev density theorem for function fields -- incomplete intervals},
  author = {Pär Kurlberg and Lior Rosenzweig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.06751},
  year   = {2020}
}

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