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The Proportion of Irreducible p-adic Polynomials

Number Theory 2025-03-19 v2

Abstract

We attempt to quantify the exact proportion of monic pp-adic polynomials of degree nn which are irreducible. We find an exact answer to this when nn is prime and pnp \neq n, and also when n=4n = 4 and p2p \neq 2. Our answers are rational functions in pp. This relates to previous work done to find exact proportions of pp-adic polynomials of degree nn which have kk roots.

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@article{arxiv.2408.10534,
  title  = {The Proportion of Irreducible p-adic Polynomials},
  author = {Isaac Rajagopal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.10534},
  year   = {2025}
}

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24 pages

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