Wieferich Primes and Monogenic Trinomials
Number Theory
2026-05-25 v2
Abstract
A prime is called a Wieferich prime if . A monic polynomial of degree is called monogenic if is irreducible over and is a basis for the ring of integers of , where . In this article, we show that is monogenic if and only if is not a Wieferich prime.
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@article{arxiv.2605.13460,
title = {Wieferich Primes and Monogenic Trinomials},
author = {Lenny Jones},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.13460},
year = {2026}
}