Function field analogues of Bang-Zsigmondy's theorem and Feit's theorem

DOI10.1512/IUMJ.2016.65.5930MaRDI QIDQ2963315zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nguyen Ngoc Dong Quan

Publication date 13 February 2017

Published in Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.06725

zbMATH Keywords

Carlitz modulecyclotomic function fieldsglobal function fieldsBang-Zsigmondy's theoremZsigmondy primesFeit's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic theory of algebraic function fields (11R58) Cyclotomic function fields (class groups, Bernoulli objects, etc.) (11R60)

Abstract: In the number field context, Bang-Zsigmondy's theorem states that for any integers $u,m>1$, there exists a prime divisor $p$ of $u^m-1$ such that $p$ does not divide $u^n-1$ for every integer $0<n<m$ except in some exceptional cases that can be explicitly determined. A prime $p$ satisfying the conditions in Bang-Zsigmondy's theorem is called a Zsigmondy prime for $(u,m)$. In 1988, Feit introduced the notion of large Zsigmondy primes as follows: A Zsigmondy prime $p$ for $(u,m)$ is called a large Zsigmondy prime if either $p>m+1$ or $p^2$ divides $u^m-1$. In the same year, Feit proved a refinement of Bang-Zsigmondy's theorem which states that for any integers $u,m>1$, there exists a large Zsigmondy prime for $(u,m)$ except in some exceptional cases that can be explicitly determined. In this paper, we introduce notions of Zsigmondy primes and large Zsigmondy primes in the Carlitz module context, and prove function field analogues of Bang-Zsigmondy's theorem and Feit's theorem.

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