Reducibility of polynomials in two variables (Q1312863): Difference between revisions

The author generalizes classical theorems on irreducibility of polynomials of the form \(f(x)+a\) to two variables. Let \(K\) be an algebraically closed field. Extending the case of a single variable, a polynomial \(f \in K[x,y]\) is not a composite polynomial if \(f(x,y)\) cannot be written as \(h(g(x,y))\) with \(g \in K[x,y]\) and \(h \in K[z]\) of degree at least 2. If \(f(x,y)= \prod^{N+1}_{i=1} L_ i(x,y)^{r_ i}\) is a product of linear polynomials, \(N>0\), and \(\{(x,y) \in K^ 2:L_ 1(x,y)=L_ 2(x,y)=0\} \neq \emptyset\), \(\text{gcd} (r_ 1,\dots,r_{N+1})=1\), then \(f\) is not a composite polynomial and for every \(a \in K^ \times\), \(f(x,y)+a\) is irreducible over \(K\). The theorem is deduced from a more general result. Methods of algebraic geometry are used.