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Main Authors: Anderson, Theresa C., O'Dorney, Evan M.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06463
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author Anderson, Theresa C.
O'Dorney, Evan M.
author_facet Anderson, Theresa C.
O'Dorney, Evan M.
contents We study the number $M_n(T)$ be the number of integer $n\times n$ matrices $A$ with entries bounded in absolute value by $T$ such that the Galois group of characteristic polynomial of $A$ is not the full symmetric group $S_n$. One knows $M_n(T) \gg T^{n^2 - n + 1} \log T$, which we conjecture is sharp. We first use the large sieve to get $M_n(T) \ll T^{n^2 - 1/2}\log T$. Using Fourier analysis and the geometric sieve, as in Bhargava's proof of van der Waerden's conjecture, we improve this bound for some classes of $A$.
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spellingShingle Galois groups of random integer matrices
Anderson, Theresa C.
O'Dorney, Evan M.
Number Theory
We study the number $M_n(T)$ be the number of integer $n\times n$ matrices $A$ with entries bounded in absolute value by $T$ such that the Galois group of characteristic polynomial of $A$ is not the full symmetric group $S_n$. One knows $M_n(T) \gg T^{n^2 - n + 1} \log T$, which we conjecture is sharp. We first use the large sieve to get $M_n(T) \ll T^{n^2 - 1/2}\log T$. Using Fourier analysis and the geometric sieve, as in Bhargava's proof of van der Waerden's conjecture, we improve this bound for some classes of $A$.
title Galois groups of random integer matrices
topic Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06463