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fixdiv

compute the fixed divisor of a polynomial

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

fixdiv(a, x)

Parameters

a, x

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a is polynomial in x over the integers

Description

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Compute the fixed divisor of  in .  The fixed divisor is the largest integer that divides  for all k in .  For primitive polynomials, the fixed divisor is no greater than  where .

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The probability that the fixed divisor is greater than one for random polynomials of degree n is approximately 0.278 as n goes to infinity.

Examples

(1)

See Also

polynom

 


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