Plane curves and p-adic roots of unity
José Felipe Voloch
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José Felipe Voloch
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We prove the following result: Let f(x, y) be a polynomial of degree d in two variables whose coefficents are integers in an unramified extension of Qp. Assume that the reduction of f modulo p is irreducible of degree d and not a binomial. Assume also that p > d2 + 2. Then the number of solutions of the inequality |f(ζ1, ζ2)| < p−1, with ζ1, ζ2 roots of unity in Q̄p or zero, is at most pd2.
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We prove the following result: Let f(x, y) be a polynomial of degree d in two variables whose coefficents are integers in an unramified extension of Qp. Assume that the reduction of f modulo p is irreducible of degree d and not a binomial. Assume also that p > d2 + 2. Then the number of solutions of the inequality |f(ζ1, ζ2)| < p−1, with ζ1, ζ2 roots of unity in Q̄p or zero, is at most pd2.
Key concepts: Mathematics, Modulo, Degree (music), Root of unity, Zero (linguistics), Combinatorics, Plane (geometry), Polynomial