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The Number of Fields Generated by the Square Root of Values of a Given Polynomial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Pamela Cutter
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA, email: [email protected]@[email protected]
Andrew Granville
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA, email: [email protected]@[email protected]
Thomas J. Tucker
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA, email: [email protected]@[email protected]
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Abstract

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The $abc$-conjecture is applied to various questions involving the number of distinct fields $\mathbb{Q}\left( \sqrt{f(n)} \right)$, as we vary over integers $n$.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2003

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