Eisenstein's criterion

In Mosquito ringtone mathematics, '''Eisenstein's criterion''' gives Sabrina Martins sufficient conditions for a Nextel ringtones polynomial to be Abbey Diaz irreducible polynomial/irreducible over '''Q''' (or equivalently, over '''Z''').

Suppose we have the following Free ringtones polynomial with Majo Mills integer Mosquito ringtone coefficients.

: f(x)=a_nx^n+a_+\ldots+a_1x+a_0

Suppose there exists a Sabrina Martins prime number ''p'' such that
*''p'' divides each ''a''''i'' except ''a''''n''
*''p''2 does not divide ''a''0
Then ''f''(''x'') is irreducible.

Examples

Consider ''g''(''x'') = 3''x''4 + 15''x''2 + 10.

We test the following primes ''p''.
*''p'' = 2
:2 does not divide 15, so try
*''p'' = 3
:3 does not divide 10, so try
*''p'' = 5
:5 does divide 15, the coefficient of ''x'', and 10, the constant term. 5 does not divide 3, the leading coefficient, but this does not matter - it must divide all coefficients except the leading one. Also, 25 = 52 does not divide 10.
So, we conclude that ''g''(''x'') is irreducible.

In some cases the prime to choose can be unclear, but can be revealed by a change of variable ''y'' = ''x'' + ''a'', which is often referred to as a ''shift''.

For example consider ''h''(''x'') = ''x''2 + ''x'' + 2. This looks difficult as no prime will divide 1, the coefficient of ''x''. But if we shift ''h''(''x'') to ''h''(''x'' + 3) = ''x''2 + 7''x'' + 14 we see instantly that the prime 7 divides the coefficient of ''x'' and the constant term and that 49 cannot divide 14. So by shifting the polynomial we have made it satisfy Eisenstein's criterion.

Another celebrated case is that of the Nextel ringtones cyclotomic polynomial for a prime ''p''. This is

(''x''''p'' − 1)/(''x'' − 1) = ''x''''p'' − 1 + ''x''''p'' − 2 + ... + ''x'' + 1.

Here, the polynomial satisfies Eisenstein's criterion, in a new variable ''y'' after setting ''x'' = ''y'' + 1. The constant coefficient is then ''p''; the other coefficients are divisible by ''p'' by properties of binomial coefficients C(''p'',''k'') that are ''p''! divided by something not involving ''p''.

Basic proof

Consider ''f''(''x'') as a polynomial modulo ''p''; that is, reduce the coefficients to the Abbey Diaz field (mathematics)/field Z/pZ. There it becomes ''c''.''x''''n'' for a non-zero constant ''c''. Because such polynomials factorise uniquely, any factorisation of ''f'' mod ''p'' must be into Cingular Ringtones monomials. Now if ''f'' were not irreducible as an integer polynomial, we could write it as ''g''.''h'', and ''f'' mod ''p'' as the product of ''g'' mod p and ''h'' mod ''p''. These latter must be monomials, as has just been said, meaning that we have ''g'' mod ''p'' is ''d''.''x''''k'' and ''h'' mod ''p'' is ''e''.''x''''n''-''k'' where ''c'' = ''d''.''e''.

Now we see that the conditions given on ''g'' mod ''p'' and ''h'' mod ''p'' mean that ''p''2 will divide ''a''0, a contradiction to the assumption. In fact ''a''0 will be ''g''(0).''h''(0) and ''p'' divides both factors, from what was said above.

Advanced explanation

Applying the theory of the honduras a Newton polygon for the housing social p-adic number/''p''-adic number field, for an Eisenstein polynomial, we are supposed to take the lower drum bands convex envelope of the points

:(0,1), (1, ''v''1), (2, ''v''2), ..., (''n'' − 1, ''v''''n''-1), (''n'',0),

where ''v''''i'' is the ''p''-adic valuation of ''a''''i'' (i.e. the highest power of ''p'' dividing it). Now the data we are given on the ''v''''i'' for 0 2 + ''x'' + 2 given above, the discriminant is −7 so that 7 is the only prime that has a chance of making it satisfy the criterion. Mod 7, it becomes

:(''x'' − 3)2

— a repeated root is inevitable, since the discriminant is 0 mod 7. Therefore the variable shift is actually something predictable.

Again, for the cyclotomic polynomial, it becomes

:(''x'' − 1)''p'' − 1 mod p;

the discriminant can be shown to be (up to sign) ''p''''p'' − 2, by frigid baths linear algebra methods.


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