Splitting fields of $X^n-X-1$ (particularly for $n=5$), prime decomposition and modular forms
Abstract
We study the splitting fields of the family of polynomials $f_n(X)= X^n-X-1$. This family of polynomials has been much studied in the literature and has some remarkable properties. Serre related the function on primes $N_p(f_n)$, for a fixed $n \leq 4$ and $p$ a varying prime, which counts the number of roots of $f_n(X)$ in $\mathbb F_p$ to coefficients of modular forms. We study the case $n=5$, and relate $N_p(f_5)$ to mod $5$ modular forms over $\mathbb Q$, and to characteristic 0, parallel weight 1 Hilbert modular forms over $\mathbb Q(\sqrt{19 \cdot 151})$.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 2022
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2206.08116
- Bibcode:
- 2022arXiv220608116K
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Number Theory;
- 11F80 (primary);
- 11F11;
- 11F33;
- 11F41
- E-Print:
- 14 pages, v2: much smaller polynomial thanks to J\"urgen Kl\"uners