On the Common Prime Divisors of Polynomials

MaRDI QIDQ6341822zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Olli Järviniemi

Publication date 1 June 2020

Abstract: The prime divisors of a polynomial $P$ with integer coefficients are those primes $p$ for which $P(x)equiv0pmodp$ is solvable. Our main result is that the common prime divisors of any several polynomials are exactly the prime divisors of some single polynomial. By combining this result with a theorem of Ax we get that for any system $F$ of multivariate polynomial equations with integer coefficients, the set of primes $p$ for which $F$ is solvable modulo $p$ is the set of prime divisors of some univariate polynomial. In addition, we prove results on the densities of the prime divisors of polynomials. The article serves as a light introduction to algebraic number theory and Galois theory.

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