On the Galois group of Generalized Laguerre Polynomials

dc.creatorHajir, Farshid
dc.date2004-06-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:09:16Z
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dc.descriptionUsing the theory of Newton Polygons, we formulate a simple criterion for the Galois group of a polynomial to be ``large.'' For a fixed $α\in \Q - \Z_{<0}$, Filaseta and Lam have shown that the $n$th degree Generalized Laguerre Polynomial $L_n^{(α)}(x) = \sum_{j=0}^n \binom{n+α}{n-j}(-x)^j/j!$ is irreducible for all large enough $n$. We use our criterion to show that, under these conditions, the Galois group of $\La$ is either the alternating or symmetric group on $n$ letters, generalizing results of Schur for $α=0,1$.
dc.description6 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406308
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406308
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/71569
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subject11R32; 11R09
dc.titleOn the Galois group of Generalized Laguerre Polynomials
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