Polynomials with Special Regard to Reducibility

Download or read book Polynomials with Special Regard to Reducibility written by A. Schinzel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-27 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers most of the known results on reducibility of polynomials over arbitrary fields, algebraically closed fields and finitely generated fields. Results valid only over finite fields, local fields or the rational field are not covered here, but several theorems on reducibility of polynomials over number fields that are either totally real or complex multiplication fields are included. Some of these results are based on recent work of E. Bombieri and U. Zannier (presented here by Zannier in an appendix). The book also treats other subjects like Ritt's theory of composition of polynomials, and properties of the Mahler measure, and it concludes with a bibliography of over 300 items. This unique work will be a necessary resource for all number theorists and researchers in related fields.