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The expected number of zeros of a random system of $p$-adic polynomials

Probability 2007-05-23 v2 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

We study the simultaneous zeros of a random family of dd polynomials in dd variables over the pp-adic numbers. For a family of natural models, we obtain an explicit constant for the expected number of zeros that lie in the dd-fold Cartesian product of the pp-adic integers. Considering models in which the maximum degree that each variable appears is NN, this expected value is pdlogpN(1+p1+p2+...+pd)1 p^{d \lfloor \log_p N \rfloor} (1 + p^{-1} + p^{-2} + ... + p^{-d})^{-1} for the simplest such model.

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@article{arxiv.math/0602478,
  title  = {The expected number of zeros of a random system of $p$-adic polynomials},
  author = {Steven N. Evans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602478},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

13 pages, no figures, revised to incorporate referees' comments