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The set of stable primes for polynomial sequences with large Galois group

Number Theory 2017-04-10 v1

Abstract

Let KK be a number field with ring of integers OK\mathcal O_K, and let {fk}kNOK[x]\{f_k\}_{k\in \mathbb N}\subseteq \mathcal O_K[x] be a sequence of monic polynomials such that for every nNn\in \mathbb N, the composition f(n)=f1f2fnf^{(n)}=f_1\circ f_2\circ\ldots\circ f_n is irreducible. In this paper we show that if the size of the Galois group of f(n)f^{(n)} is large enough (in a precise sense) as a function of nn, then the set of primes pOK\mathfrak p\subseteq\mathcal O_K such that every f(n)f^{(n)} is irreducible modulo p\mathfrak p has density zero. Moreover, we prove that the subset of polynomial sequences such that the Galois group of f(n)f^{(n)} is large enough has density 1, in an appropriate sense, within the set of all polynomial sequences.

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@article{arxiv.1704.02204,
  title  = {The set of stable primes for polynomial sequences with large Galois group},
  author = {Andrea Ferraguti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.02204},
  year   = {2017}
}

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