Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6415581 Journal of Number Theory 2014 34 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let f(x) be a polynomial with non-negative integer coefficients for which f(10) is prime. A result of A. Cohn implies that if the coefficients of f(x) are ⩽9, then f(x) is irreducible. In 1988, the first author showed that the bound 9 could be replaced by 1030. We show here that the bound 9 can be replaced by the number in the title and that this is the largest integer with this property. Other related results are established.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory
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