On the irreducibility of a certain class of Laguerre polynomials (Q1394921)
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On the irreducibility of a certain class of Laguerre polynomials (English)
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25 June 2003
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It is shown that almost all generalized Laguerre polynomials \(L_m^{(m)}\) are irreducible over the rationals. This implies, due to a result of \textit{R. Gow} [J. Number Theory 31, 201-207 (1989; Zbl 0693.12009)], that for almost all even \(m\) the Galois group of these polynomials is the alternating group \(A_m\).
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irreducibility
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Laguerre polynomials
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alternating group
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Galois group
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