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 polynomials in variables over the -adic numbers. For a family of natural models, we obtain an explicit constant for the expected number of zeros that lie in the -fold Cartesian product of the -adic integers. Considering models in which the maximum degree that each variable appears is , this expected value is for the simplest such model.
Cite
@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