Sums of two squares in short intervals in polynomial rings over finite fields

DOI10.1353/AJM.2018.0025zbMATH Open1416.11168arXiv1509.02013OpenAlexW2963798675WikidataQ129525835 ScholiaQ129525835MaRDI QIDQ4583291FDOQ4583291

Authors: Efrat Bank, Lior Bary-Soroker, Arno Fehm 

Publication date: 28 August 2018

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Landau's theorem asserts that the asymptotic density of sums of two squares in the interval $1leqnleqx$ is $K/sqrtlogx$, where $K$ is the Landau-Ramanujan constant. It is an old problem in number theory whether the asymptotic density remains the same in intervals $|n-x|leq{x}^{epsilon}$ for a fixed $epsilon$ and $xoinfty$. This work resolves a function field analogue of this problem, in the limit of a large finite field. More precisely, consider monic $f_{0}inmathbb{F}_q[T]$ of degree $n$ and take $epsilon$ with $1>epsilongeqfrac2n$. Then the asymptotic density of polynomials $f$ in the `interval' $mdeg(f-f_0)leqepsilonn$ that are of the form $f=A^2+T{B}^2$, $A,Binmathbb{F}_q[T]$ is $$ as $qoinfty$. This density agrees with the asymptotic density of such monic $f$'s of degree $n$ as $qoinfty$, as was shown by the second author, Smilanski, and Wolf. A key point in the proof is the calculation of the Galois group of $f(-T^2)$, where $f$ is a polynomial of degree $n$ with a few variable coefficients: The Galois group is the hyperoctahedral group of order $2^{n}n!$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.02013

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic densityGalois groupsums of two squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials over finite fields (11T06) Arithmetic theory of polynomial rings over finite fields (11T55)

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