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The density of polynomials of degree n over Zp that have exactly r roots in Qp

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Speaker: 
Stevan Gajovic
Affiliation: 
MPIM
Date: 
Wed, 12/10/2022 - 14:30 - 15:30
Location: 
MPIM Lecture Hall
Parent event: 
Number theory lunch seminar

Contact: Pieter Moree (moree@mpim-bonn.mpg.de)

 

Let f be a random polynomial in Zp[x] of degree n. We determine
the density of such polynomials f that have exactly r roots in Qp. We also
determine the expected number of roots of monic polynomials f in Zp[x] of
degree n, and, more generally, the expected number of sets of exactly d
elements consisting of roots of such f. We show that these densities are
rational functions in p and discuss the remarkable symmetry phenomenon that
occurs. This is joint work Manjul Bhargava, John Cremona, and Tom Fisher.

 

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