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We revisit the problem of deciding whether a finitely generated subgroup H is a free factor of a given free group F. Known algorithms solve this problem in time polynomial in the sum of the lengths of the generators of H and exponential in…

We study the shape of the F-signature function of a $d$-dimensional quotient singularity $\mathbb{k}[[ x_1,\ldots,x_d]]^G$, and we show that it is a quasi-polynomial. We prove that the second coefficient is always zero and we describe the…

We study the complexity of computation in finitely generated free left, right and two-sided adequate semigroups and monoids. We present polynomial time (quadratic in the RAM model of computation) algorithms to solve the word problem and…

The ring of dual numbers over a ring $R$ is $R[\alpha] = R[x]/(x^2)$, where $\alpha$ denotes $x+(x^2)$. For any finite commutative ring $R$, we characterize null polynomials and permutation polynomials on $R[\alpha]$ in terms of the…

We consider polynomials of the form t^n-1 and determine when members of this family have a divisor of every degree in Z[t]. With F(x) defined to be the number of such integers up to x, we prove the existence of two positive constants c_1…

If g and h are functions over some field, we can consider their composition f = g(h). The inverse problem is decomposition: given f, determine the ex- istence of such functions g and h. In this thesis we consider functional decom- positions…

In this paper we prove that for all degree $6$ polynomials with rational coefficients that $F(\mathbb{Z}^2) \neq \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$. The answers a question of B. Poonen and J. S. Lew in the degree 6 case. This work builds on previous work…

Given a univariate polynomial f(x) over a ring R, we examine when we can write f(x) as g(h(x)) where g and h are polynomials of degree at least 2. We answer two questions of Gusic regarding when the existence of such g and h over an…

For any polynomial $P \in \mathbb{C}[X_1,X_2,...,X_n]$, we describe a $\mathbb{C}$-vector space $F(P)$ of solutions of a linear system of equations coming from some algebraic partial differential equations such that the dimension of $F(P)$…

Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. An element F from k(x_1,...,x_n) is called a closed rational function if the subfield k(F) is algebraically closed in the field k(x_1,...,x_n). We prove that a rational function…

Given a semigroup $S$ equipped with an involutive automorphism $\sigma$, we determine the complex-valued solutions $f,g,h$ of the functional equation \begin{equation*}f(x\sigma(y))=f(x)g(y)+g(x)f(y)+h(x)h(y),\,\,x,y\in S,\end{equation*} in…

We determine the complex-valued solutions of the following functional equation \[f(xy)+\mu (y)f(\sigma (y)x) = 2f(x)g(y),\quad x,y\in S,\] where $S$ is a semigroup and $\sigma$ an automorphism, $\mu :S\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ is a…

In this note we describe solutions of the equation: $F(A(z))=G(B(z)),$ where $A,B$ are polynomials and $F,G$ are continuous functions on the Riemann sphere.

In this paper, we examine how far a polynomial in $\mathbb{F}_2[x]$ can be from a squarefree polynomial. For any $\epsilon>0$, we prove that for any polynomial $f(x)\in\mathbb{F}_2[x]$ with degree $n$, there exists a squarefree polynomial…

Let $K$ be a field of positive characteristic with no algebraically closed subfield. Let $F$ be a function field over $K$ and $t \in F$ transcendental over $K$. Refining a result of Eisentr{\"a}ger and Shlapentokh, we show that there is no…

Fix a rank g free group F and a connected reductive complex algebraic group G. Let X(F,G) be the G-character variety of F. When the derived subgroup DG in G is simply connected we show that X(F,G) is factorial (which implies it is…

For a subgroup of $PGL(2,q)$ we show how some irreducible polynomials over $\mathbb{F}_q$ arise from the field of invariant rational functions. The proofs rely on two actions of $PGL(2,F)$, one on the projective line over a field $F$ and…

The functional decomposition of polynomials has been a topic of great interest and importance in pure and computer algebra and their applications. The structure of compositions of (suitably normalized) polynomials f=g(h) over finite fields…

We prove an analog of the Tits alternative for rational functions. In particular, we show that if $S$ is a finitely generated semigroup of rational functions over the complex numbers, then either $S$ has polynomially bounded growth or $S$…

In this paper we show that if an entire function $f(z_1,z_2)$ of two (or more) complex variables verifies $\norm{f(z_1,z_2)}\leq K(\norm{P(z_1,z_2)})$, where $P(z_1,z_2)$ is a polynomial that is not a power in $\CC[[z_1,z_2]]$, and $K$ is…