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On Hilbert's irreducibility theorem

Number Theory 2016-02-02 v1

Abstract

In this paper we obtain new quantitative forms of Hilbert's Irreducibility Theorem. In particular, we show that if f(X,T1,,Ts)f(X, T_1, \ldots, T_s) is an irreducible polynomial with integer coefficients, having Galois group GG over the function field Q(T1,,Ts)\mathbb{Q}(T_1, \ldots, T_s), and KK is any subgroup of GG, then there are at most Of,ε(Hs1+G/K1+ε)O_{f, \varepsilon}(H^{s-1+|G/K|^{-1}+\varepsilon}) specialisations tZs\mathbf{t} \in \mathbb{Z}^s with tH|\mathbf{t}| \le H such that the resulting polynomial f(X)f(X) has Galois group KK over the rationals.

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@article{arxiv.1602.00314,
  title  = {On Hilbert's irreducibility theorem},
  author = {Abel Castillo and Rainer Dietmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.00314},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages

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