Splitting behavior of S_n-polynomials

DOI10.1007/S40993-015-0006-6zbMATH Open1378.11092arXiv1408.6251OpenAlexW1769130878WikidataQ59412281 ScholiaQ59412281MaRDI QIDQ680041FDOQ680041

Authors: Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Benjamin Weiss 

Publication date: 22 January 2018

Published in: Research in Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyze the probability that, for a fixed finite set of primes S, a random, monic, degree n polynomial f(x) with integer coefficients in a box of side B around 0 satisfies: (i) f(x) is irreducible over the rationals, with splitting field over the rationals having Galois group $S_n$; (ii) the polynomial discriminant Disc(f) is relatively prime to all primes in S; (iii) f(x) has a prescribed splitting type at each prime p in S. The limit probabilities as $Boinfty$ are described in terms of values of a one-parameter family of measures on $S_n$, called splitting measures, with parameter $z$ evaluated at the primes p in S. We study properties of these measures. We deduce that there exist degree n extensions of the rationals with Galois closure having Galois group $S_n$ with a given finite set of primes S having given Artin symbols, with some restrictions on allowed Artin symbols for p<n. We compare the distributions of these measures with distributions formulated by Bhargava for splitting probabilities for a fixed prime $p$ in such degree $n$ extensions ordered by size of discriminant, conditioned to be relatively prime to $p$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.6251

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zbMATH Keywords

prime idealGalois groupconjugacy classnumber fieldmonic polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galois theory (11R32) Separable extensions, Galois theory (12F10) Polynomials (irreducibility, etc.) (11R09)

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