Newton’s method over global height fields

Xander Faber[1]; Adam Towsley[2]

  • [1] Department of Mathematics University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI
  • [2] Department of Mathematics CUNY Graduate Center New York, NY

Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux (2014)

  • Volume: 26, Issue: 2, page 347-362
  • ISSN: 1246-7405

Abstract

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For any field K equipped with a set of pairwise inequivalent absolute values satisfying a product formula, we completely describe the conditions under which Newton’s method applied to a squarefree polynomial f ∈ K x will succeed in finding some root of f in the v -adic topology for infinitely many places v of K . Furthermore, we show that if K is a finite extension of the rationals or of the rational function field over a finite field, then the Newton approximation sequence fails to converge v -adically for a positive density of places v .

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Faber, Xander, and Towsley, Adam. "Newton’s method over global height fields." Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux 26.2 (2014): 347-362. <http://eudml.org/doc/275682>.

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abstract = {For any field $K$ equipped with a set of pairwise inequivalent absolute values satisfying a product formula, we completely describe the conditions under which Newton’s method applied to a squarefree polynomial $f \in K \left[ x \right]$ will succeed in finding some root of $f$ in the $v$-adic topology for infinitely many places $v$ of $K$. Furthermore, we show that if $K$ is a finite extension of the rationals or of the rational function field over a finite field, then the Newton approximation sequence fails to converge $v$-adically for a positive density of places $v$.},
affiliation = {Department of Mathematics University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI; Department of Mathematics CUNY Graduate Center New York, NY},
author = {Faber, Xander, Towsley, Adam},
journal = {Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux},
keywords = {Arithmetic Dynamics; Global Height Field; Newton’s Method; Density; arithmetic dynamics; global height field; Newton's method; density},
language = {eng},
month = {10},
number = {2},
pages = {347-362},
publisher = {Société Arithmétique de Bordeaux},
title = {Newton’s method over global height fields},
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volume = {26},
year = {2014},
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VL - 26
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KW - Arithmetic Dynamics; Global Height Field; Newton’s Method; Density; arithmetic dynamics; global height field; Newton's method; density
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