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On a decomposition of polynomials in several variables

Andrzej Schinzel (2002)

Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux

One considers representation of a polynomial in several variables as the sum of values of univariate polynomials taken at linear combinations of the variables.

On a generalization of the Beiter Conjecture

Bartłomiej Bzdęga (2016)

Acta Arithmetica

We prove that for every ε > 0 and every nonnegative integer w there exist primes p 1 , . . . , p w such that for n = p 1 . . . p w the height of the cyclotomic polynomial Φ n is at least ( 1 - ε ) c w M n , where M n = i = 1 w - 2 p i 2 w - 1 - i - 1 and c w is a constant depending only on w; furthermore l i m w c w 2 - w 0 . 71 . In our construction we can have p i > h ( p 1 . . . p i - 1 ) for all i = 1,...,w and any function h: ℝ₊ → ℝ₊.

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...

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