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Irreducible polynomials of bounded height

Lior Bary‐Soroker, Gady Kozma

2020Duke Mathematical Journal27 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to prove that a random polynomial with independent and identically distributed random coefficients taking values uniformly in {1,…,210} is irreducible with probability tending to 1 as the degree tends to infinity. Moreover, we prove that the Galois group of the random polynomial contains the alternating group, again with probability tending to 1.

Topics & Concepts

MathematicsInfinityBounded functionPolynomialDegree (music)CombinatoricsIrreducible polynomialDiscrete mathematicsUniform boundednessGalois groupRandom elementPure mathematicsRandom variableMathematical analysisMatrix polynomialStatisticsAcousticsPhysicsAnalytic Number Theory ResearchGeometry and complex manifoldsAlgebraic Geometry and Number Theory