On a Conjecture of Erdős over Function Fields

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author Xie, Likun
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contents Using Katz's equidistribution framework, we show that for any squarefree polynomial $f \in \mathbb{F}_q[t]$ of degree $n \ge 2$, every residue class modulo $f$ can be represented as a product of two monic irreducible polynomials of degree at most $n$, provided $q$ is sufficiently large in terms of $n$. This gives the function-field analogue of a conjecture of Erdős in the large-$q$ regime. Sawin previously proved this representation with stronger square-root cancellation via a higher-dimensional sheaf-theoretic construction. This note presents a one-dimensional argument that yields a natural $q^{-1/2}$ saving.
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spellingShingle On a Conjecture of Erdős over Function Fields
Xie, Likun
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Using Katz's equidistribution framework, we show that for any squarefree polynomial $f \in \mathbb{F}_q[t]$ of degree $n \ge 2$, every residue class modulo $f$ can be represented as a product of two monic irreducible polynomials of degree at most $n$, provided $q$ is sufficiently large in terms of $n$. This gives the function-field analogue of a conjecture of Erdős in the large-$q$ regime. Sawin previously proved this representation with stronger square-root cancellation via a higher-dimensional sheaf-theoretic construction. This note presents a one-dimensional argument that yields a natural $q^{-1/2}$ saving.
title On a Conjecture of Erdős over Function Fields
topic Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17612