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, Rissner, Roswitha
Published: 2024
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1947
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Nakato, Sarah
Rissner, Roswitha
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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 Fk, 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
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spelling oai:idr.kab.ac.ug:20.500.12493-19472024-08-01T00:03:06Z Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains Hiebler, Moritz Nakato, Sarah Rissner, Roswitha Non-unique factorizatio Irreducible elements Absolutely irreducible elements Integer-valued polynomials 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 Fk, 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 Kabale University 2024-02-08T08:53:30Z 2024-02-08T08:53:30Z 2024 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1947 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ application/pdf
spellingShingle Non-unique factorizatio
Irreducible elements Absolutely irreducible elements Integer-valued polynomials
Hiebler, Moritz
Nakato, Sarah
Rissner, Roswitha
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
topic Non-unique factorizatio
Irreducible elements Absolutely irreducible elements Integer-valued polynomials
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1947
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