Prime rational functions

Omar Kihel; Jesse Larone

Acta Arithmetica (2015)

  • Volume: 169, Issue: 1, page 29-46
  • ISSN: 0065-1036

Abstract

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Let f(x) be a complex rational function. We study conditions under which f(x) cannot be written as the composition of two rational functions which are not units under the operation of function composition. In this case, we say that f(x) is prime. We give sufficient conditions for complex rational functions to be prime in terms of their degrees and their critical values, and we also derive some conditions for the case of complex polynomials.

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Omar Kihel, and Jesse Larone. "Prime rational functions." Acta Arithmetica 169.1 (2015): 29-46. <http://eudml.org/doc/278868>.

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