On Certain Probabilistic Properties of Polynomials over the Ring of p-adic Integers

DOI10.1080/00029890.2020.1736468zbMATH Open1434.11221arXiv2103.06163OpenAlexW3135535824MaRDI QIDQ5111077FDOQ5111077

Antoine Poulin, Antonio Lei

Publication date: 26 May 2020

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article, we study several probabilistic properties of polynomials defined over the ring of $p$-adic integers under the Haar measure. First, we calculate the probability that a monic polynomial is separable, generalizing a result of Polak. Second, we introduce the notion of two polynomials being strongly coprime and calculate the probability of two monic polynomials {being} strongly coprime. Finally, we explain how our method can be used to extrapolate other probabilistic properties of polynomials over the ring of $p$-adic integers from polynomials defined over the integers modulo powers of $p$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.06163

zbMATH Keywords

ring of \(p\)-adic integers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomial rings and ideals; rings of integer-valued polynomials (13F20) Polynomials (11S05)

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