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The $p$-adic limits of iterated $p$-power cyclic resultants of multivariable polynomials

Number Theory 2025-03-11 v1

Abstract

Let pp be a prime number. The pp-power cyclic resultant of a polynomial is the determinant of the Sylvester matrix of tpn1t^{p^n}-1 and the polynomial. It is known that the sequence of pp-power cyclic resultants and its non-pp-parts converge in Zp\mathbb{Z}_p. This article shows the pp-adic convergence of the iterated pp-power cyclic resultants of multivariable polynomials. As an application, we show the pp-adic convergence of the torsion numbers of Zpd\mathbb{Z}_p^d-coverings of links. We also explicitly calculate the pp-adic limits for the twisted Whitehead links as concrete examples. Moreover, in a specific case, we show that our pp-adic limit of torsion numbers coincides with the pp-adic torsion, which is a homotopy invariant of a CW-complex introduced by S. Kionke.

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@article{arxiv.2503.06194,
  title  = {The $p$-adic limits of iterated $p$-power cyclic resultants of multivariable polynomials},
  author = {Hyuga Yoshizaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.06194},
  year   = {2025}
}

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