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On the roots of polynomials modulo primes
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On the roots of polynomials modulo primes
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Bryk
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John T.
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1980-
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John Bryk
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Tunnell
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Jerrold B.
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Jerrold B. Tunnell
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Iwaniec
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Henryk
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Henryk Iwaniec
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Miller
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Stephen D.
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Stephen D. Miller
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Buhler
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Joe P.
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Joe P. Buhler
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2012
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2012-05
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eng
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We study the problem of counting the number of roots of an irreducible polynomial $f(X) in mathbb{Z}[X]$ modulo rational primes. We consider the family of polynomials $f_n(X) = X^n-X-1$, which have Galois groups isomorphic to $S_n$. The approach we take is to attach Galois representations to the counting problem and then to relate these to automorphic forms. In particular, we attempt to attach the representations to holomorphic forms on $GL_2$. We show this only works when $n leq 5$, and we present the solutions to the problem in the $n = 4$ and $5$ cases, following methods due to Serre, Crespo, and Buhler for explicitly constructing Galois representations. The solution to the $n = 5$ case is novel, requiring Hilbert modular forms. In solving the problem, we produce the first example of an icosahedral Hilbert form that is not the base change of a classical form.
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Mathematics
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vii, 87 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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by John T. Bryk
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Polynomials
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Number theory
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Galois theory
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD doctoral
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