On irreducible factors of the polynomial f(x) - g(y)

Engler, A. J. ; Khanduja, Sudesh K. (2010) On irreducible factors of the polynomial f(x) - g(y) International Journal of Mathematics, 21 (4). pp. 407-418. ISSN 0129-167X

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Abstract

In this paper, all irreducible factors of bivariate polynomials of the form f(x) - g(y) over an arbitrary field are described. It also proves that the number of irreducible factors of f(x) - g(y) (counting multiplicities) does not exceed the greatest common divisor of the degrees of f(x) and g(y), yielding a well known result of Tverberg regarding the irreducibility of f(x) - g(y). It proves that if f(x) and g(y) are non-constant polynomials with coefficients in the field Q of rational numbers and degf(x) is a prime number, then f(x) - g(y) is a product of at most two irreducible polynomials over Q. This contributes to a problem raised by Cassels which asks for the polynomials f, such that the polynomial f(x)-f(y)/x-yis reducible.

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Keywords:Factorization Polynomials; Irreducibility Polynomials; Special Polynomials
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