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Algebraic Properties of a Family of Generalized Laguerre Polynomials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Farshid Hajir
Farshid Hajir*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst MA 01003, USA, hajir@math.umass.edu
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We study the algebraic properties of Generalized Laguerre Polynomials for negative integral values of the parameter. For integers $r,n\ge 0$, we conjecture that $L_{n}^{(-1-n-r)}(x)=\Sigma _{j=0}^{n}\left( _{n-j}^{n-j+r} \right){{x}^{j}}/j!$ is a $\mathbb{Q}$-irreducible polynomial whose Galois group contains the alternating group on $n$ letters. That this is so for $r=n$ was conjectured in the 1950's by Grosswald and proven recently by Filaseta and Trifonov. It follows fromrecent work of Hajir and Wong that the conjecture is true when $r$ is large with respect to $n\ge 5$. Here we verify it in three situations: (i) when $n$ is large with respect to $r$, (ii) when $r\le 8$, and (iii) when $n\le 4$. The main tool is the theory of $p$-adic Newton Polygons.

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11R0905E35
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , 01 June 2009 , pp. 583 - 603
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2009

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