Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains

Rings of integer-valued polynomials are known to be atomic, non-factorial rings furnishing examples for both irreducible elements for which all powers factor uniquely (absolutely irreducibles) and irreducible elements where some power has a factorization different from the trivial one. In this paper...

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Main Authors: Hiebler, Moritz, Nakato, Sarah, Roswitha,Rissner
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Language:English
Published: Journal of Algebra 633 (2023) 696–72 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1339
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description Rings of integer-valued polynomials are known to be atomic, non-factorial rings furnishing examples for both irreducible elements for which all powers factor uniquely (absolutely irreducibles) and irreducible elements where some power has a factorization different from the trivial one. In this paper, we study irreducible polynomials F ∈ Int(R) where R is a discrete valuation domain with finite residue field and show that it is possible to explicitly determine a number S ∈ N that reduces the absolute irreducibility of F to the unique factorization of F S . To this end, we establish a connection between the factors of powers of F and the kernel of a certain linear map that we associate to F . This connection yields a characterization of absolute irreducibility in terms of this so-called fixed divisor kernel. Given a non-trivial element v of this kernel, we explicitly construct non-trivial factorizations of F k , provided that k ≥ L, where L depends on F as well as the choice of v. We further show that this bound cannot be improved in general. Additionally, we provide other (larger) lower bounds for k, one of which only depends on the valuation of the denominator of F and the size of the residue class field of R.
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spelling oai:idr.kab.ac.ug:20.500.12493-13392024-01-17T04:44:54Z Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains Hiebler, Moritz Nakato, Sarah Roswitha,Rissner Rings of integer-valued polynomials are known to be atomic, non-factorial rings furnishing examples for both irreducible elements for which all powers factor uniquely (absolutely irreducibles) and irreducible elements where some power has a factorization different from the trivial one. In this paper, we study irreducible polynomials F ∈ Int(R) where R is a discrete valuation domain with finite residue field and show that it is possible to explicitly determine a number S ∈ N that reduces the absolute irreducibility of F to the unique factorization of F S . To this end, we establish a connection between the factors of powers of F and the kernel of a certain linear map that we associate to F . This connection yields a characterization of absolute irreducibility in terms of this so-called fixed divisor kernel. Given a non-trivial element v of this kernel, we explicitly construct non-trivial factorizations of F k , provided that k ≥ L, where L depends on F as well as the choice of v. We further show that this bound cannot be improved in general. Additionally, we provide other (larger) lower bounds for k, one of which only depends on the valuation of the denominator of F and the size of the residue class field of R. Kabale University 2023-08-14T07:52:09Z 2023-08-14T07:52:09Z 2023-08-12 Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1339 en application/pdf Journal of Algebra 633 (2023) 696–72
spellingShingle Hiebler, Moritz
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Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains
title Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains
title_full Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains
title_fullStr Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains
title_full_unstemmed Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains
title_short Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains
title_sort characterizing absolutely irreducible integer valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1339
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