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Survey on counting special types of polynomials
Most integers are composite and most univariate polynomials over a finite
field are reducible. The Prime Number Theorem and a classical result of
Gau{\ss} count the remaining ones, approximately and exactly.
For polynomials in two or more variables, the situation changes dramatically.
Most multivariate polynomials are irreducible. This survey presents counting
results for some special classes of multivariate polynomials over a finite
field, namely the the reducible ones, the s-powerful ones (divisible by the
s-th power of a nonconstant polynomial), the relatively irreducible ones
(irreducible but reducible over an extension field), the decomposable ones, and
also for reducible space curves. These come as exact formulas and as
approximations with relative errors that essentially decrease exponentially in
the input size.
Furthermore, a univariate polynomial f is decomposable if f = g o h for some
nonlinear polynomials g and h. It is intuitively clear that the decomposable
polynomials form a small minority among all polynomials. The tame case, where
the characteristic p of Fq does not divide n = deg f, is fairly
well-understood, and we obtain closely matching upper and lower bounds on the
number of decomposable polynomials. In the wild case, where p does divide n,
the bounds are less satisfactory, in particular when p is the smallest prime
divisor of n and divides n exactly twice. The crux of the matter is to count
the number of collisions, where essentially different (g, h) yield the same f.
We present a classification of all collisions at degree n = p^2 which yields an
exact count of those decomposable polynomials.Comment: to appear in Jaime Gutierrez, Josef Schicho & Martin Weimann
(editors), Computer Algebra and Polynomials, Lecture Notes in Computer
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Tame Decompositions and Collisions
A univariate polynomial f over a field is decomposable if f = g o h = g(h)
for nonlinear polynomials g and h. It is intuitively clear that the
decomposable polynomials form a small minority among all polynomials over a
finite field. The tame case, where the characteristic p of Fq does not divide n
= deg f, is fairly well-understood, and we have reasonable bounds on the number
of decomposables of degree n. Nevertheless, no exact formula is known if
has more than two prime factors. In order to count the decomposables, one wants
to know, under a suitable normalization, the number of collisions, where
essentially different (g, h) yield the same f. In the tame case, Ritt's Second
Theorem classifies all 2-collisions.
We introduce a normal form for multi-collisions of decompositions of
arbitrary length with exact description of the (non)uniqueness of the
parameters. We obtain an efficiently computable formula for the exact number of
such collisions at degree n over a finite field of characteristic coprime to p.
This leads to an algorithm for the exact number of decomposable polynomials at
degree n over a finite field Fq in the tame case
On Functional Decomposition of Multivariate Polynomials with Differentiation and Homogenization
In this paper, we give a theoretical analysis for the algorithms to compute
functional decomposition for multivariate polynomials based on differentiation
and homogenization which are proposed by Ye, Dai, Lam (1999) and Faugere,
Perret (2006, 2008, 2009). We show that a degree proper functional
decomposition for a set of randomly decomposable quartic homogenous polynomials
can be computed using the algorithm with high probability. This solves a
conjecture proposed by Ye, Dai, and Lam (1999). We also propose a conjecture
such that the decomposition for a set of polynomials can be computed from that
of its homogenization with high probability. Finally, we prove that the right
decomposition factors for a set of polynomials can be computed from its right
decomposition factor space. Combining these results together, we prove that the
algorithm can compute a degree proper decomposition for a set of randomly
decomposable quartic polynomials with probability one when the base field is of
characteristic zero, and with probability close to one when the base field is a
finite field with sufficiently large number under the assumption that the
conjeture is correct
Indecomposable polynomials and their spectrum
We address some questions concerning indecomposable polynomials and their
spectrum. How does the spectrum behave via reduction or specialization, or via
a more general ring morphism? Are the indecomposability properties equivalent
over a field and over its algebraic closure? How many polynomials are
decomposable over a finite field?Comment: 22 page
Counting reducible, powerful, and relatively irreducible multivariate polynomials over finite fields
We present counting methods for some special classes of multivariate
polynomials over a finite field, namely the reducible ones, the s-powerful ones
(divisible by the s-th power of a nonconstant polynomial), and the relatively
irreducible ones (irreducible but reducible over an extension field). One
approach employs generating functions, another one uses a combinatorial method.
They yield exact formulas and approximations with relative errors that
essentially decrease exponentially in the input size.Comment: to appear in SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematic
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