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On classifying Laguerre polynomials which have Galois group the alternating group

Pradipto Banerjee, Michael Filaseta, Carrie E. Finch, J. Russell Leidy (2013)

Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux

We show that the discriminant of the generalized Laguerre polynomial L n ( α ) ( x ) is a non-zero square for some integer pair ( n , α ) , with n 1 , if and only if ( n , α ) belongs to one of 30 explicitly given infinite sets of pairs or to an additional finite set of pairs. As a consequence, we obtain new information on when the Galois group of L n ( α ) ( x ) over is the alternating group A n . For example, we establish that for all but finitely many positive integers n 2 ( mod 4 ) , the only α for which the Galois group of L n ( α ) ( x ) over is A n is α = n .

On Hilbert’s solution of Waring’s problem

Paul Pollack (2011)

Open Mathematics

In 1909, Hilbert proved that for each fixed k, there is a number g with the following property: Every integer N ≥ 0 has a representation in the form N = x 1k + x 2k + … + x gk, where the x i are nonnegative integers. This resolved a conjecture of Edward Waring from 1770. Hilbert’s proof is somewhat unsatisfying, in that no method is given for finding a value of g corresponding to a given k. In his doctoral thesis, Rieger showed that by a suitable modification of Hilbert’s proof, one can give explicit...

On the irreducibility of 0,1-polynomials of the form f(x)xⁿ + g(x)

Michael Filaseta, Manton Matthews, Jr. (2004)

Colloquium Mathematicae

If f(x) and g(x) are relatively prime polynomials in ℤ[x] satisfying certain conditions arising from a theorem of Capelli and if n is an integer > N for some sufficiently large N, then the non-reciprocal part of f(x)xⁿ + g(x) is either identically ±1 or is irreducible over the rationals. This result follows from work of Schinzel in 1965. We show here that under the conditions that f(x) and g(x) are relatively prime 0,1-polynomials (so each coefficient is either 0 or 1) and f(0) = g(0) = 1, one...

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