Class-number formula for the number of linear factors at general levels

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Let p5p\geq5 be prime, let NS{2}N\in\mathfrak{S}\setminus\{2\}, and assume NpN\neq p. Let L(N)(p)L^{(N*)}(p) be the number of linear factors of ssp(N)(X)ss_{p}^{(N*)}(X), L(p)L(p) the level-1 quantity, and h(Np)h(\sqrt{-Np}) the class number appearing in the source. The Kronecker symbol (Np)\left(\frac{\cdot}{Np}\right) is the product of the corresponding Legendre symbols.

General-level linear-factor formula conjecture.

L(N)(p)=12(1+(pN))L(p)+18{2+(1(1Np))(2+(2Np))}h(Np).L^{(N*)}(p)=\frac12\left(1+\left(\frac{-p}{N}\right)\right)L(p)+\frac18\left\{2+\left(1-\left(\frac{-1}{Np}\right)\right)\left(2+\left(\frac{-2}{Np}\right)\right)\right\}h(\sqrt{-Np}).

This conjecturally expresses the number of linear factors through the level-1 count and an imaginary quadratic class number. The source gives no resolution evidence.

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Primary source

Tomoaki Nakaya, “The number of linear factors of supersingular polynomials and sporadic simple groups”, arXiv:1809.02363 (2018).

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