On Galois realizations of the 2-coverable symmetric and alternating groups

DOI10.1080/00927872.2012.713061zbMATH Open1286.11184arXiv1008.3061OpenAlexW2963468822MaRDI QIDQ5409780FDOQ5409780

Authors: Daniel Rabayev, Jack Sonn 

Publication date: 14 April 2014

Published in: Communications in Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let f(x) be a monic polynomial in Z[x] with no rational roots but with roots in Q_p for all p, or equivalently, with roots mod n for all n. It is known that f(x) cannot be irreducible but can be a product of two or more irreducible polynomials, and that if f(x) is a product of m>1 irreducible polynomials, then its Galois group must be "m-coverable", i.e. a union of conjugates of m proper subgroups, whose total intersection is trivial. We are thus led to a variant of the inverse Galois problem: given an m-coverable finite group G, find a Galois realization of G over the rationals Q by a polynomial f(x) in Z[x] which is a product of m nonlinear irreducible factors (in Q[x]) such that f(x) has a root in Q_p for all p. The minimal value m=2 is of special interest. It is known that the symmetric group S_n is 2-coverable if and only if 2<n<7, and the alternating group A_n is 2-coverable if and only if 3<n<9. In this paper we solve the above variant of the inverse Galois problem for the 2-coverable symmetric and alternating groups, and exhibit an explicit polynomial for each group, with the help of the software packages MAGMA, PARI and GAP.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.3061

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zbMATH Keywords

alternating grouppolynomialsymmetric groupGalois grouproots modulo \(n\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galois theory (11R32) Polynomials (irreducibility, etc.) (11R09) Algebraic number theory computations (11Y40)

Cites Work

• Polynomials with roots modulo every integer
• Polynomials with roots in ℚ_{𝕡} for all 𝕡
• Polynomials with roots mod \(p\) for all primes \(p\)
• Integer polynomials with roots mod \(p\) for all primes \(p\)
• SL(2,5) and Frobenius Galois Groups Over Q

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• Normal coverings of finite symmetric and alternating groups.
• Coprime partitions and Jordan totient functions
• Galois realization of Schur covers of dihedral groups of \(2\)-power order
• Explicit determination of generalized symmetric and alternating Galois groups
• Intersective \(S_n\) polynomials with few irreducible factors
• A Parametric Family of Intersective Polynomials with Galois GroupA₄
• Covering a semi-direct product and intersective polynomials
• On intersective polynomials with non-solvable Galois group
• Galois realizations with inertia groups of order two
• On polynomials with roots modulo almost all primes
• Linear bounds for the normal covering number of the symmetric and alternating groups
• Galois realization of central extensions of the symmetric group with kernel a cyclic 2-group

Uses Software

• GAP

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