Cheong–Huang–Kaplan conjecture on cokernels of polynomial functions of random matrices

Fix finitely many monic polynomials P1(t),,Pl(t)Zp[t]P_{1}(t),\dots,P_{l}(t)\in\mathbb{Z}_{p}[t] whose images in Fp[t]\mathbb{F}_{p}[t] modulo pp are distinct and irreducible. For 1jl1\leq j\leq l, let GjG_{j} be a finite module over Zp[t]/(Pj(t))\mathbb{Z}_{p}[t]/(P_{j}(t)). For XˉMatn(Fp)\bar{X}\in\operatorname{Mat}_{n}(\mathbb{F}_{p}) satisfying cok(Pj(Xˉ))Gj/pGj\operatorname{cok}(P_{j}(\bar{X}))\simeq G_{j}/pG_{j} for 1jl1\leq j\leq l, consider lifts XMatn(Zp)X\in\operatorname{Mat}_{n}(\mathbb{Z}_{p}). Cheong–Huang–Kaplan's conjecture. The probability that cok(Pj(X))Gj\operatorname{cok}(P_{j}(X))\simeq G_{j} for 1jl1\leq j\leq l and XXˉ(modp)X\equiv\bar{X}\pmod p is

ProbXMatn(Zp)(cok(Pj(X))Gjfor 1jland XXˉ(modp))=pn2j=1lpdeg(Pj)(dimFp[t]/(Pj(t))(Gj/pGj))2AutZp[t]/(Pj(t))(Gj)i=1dimFp[t]/(Pj(t))(Gj/pGj)(1pideg(Pj))2.\underset{X\in\operatorname{Mat}_{n}(\mathbb{Z}_{p})}{\operatorname{Prob}}\left(\begin{array}{c} \operatorname{cok}(P_{j}(X))\simeq G_{j} \\ \text{for }1\leq j\leq l \\ \text{and } X\equiv\bar{X}\pmod p \end{array}\right)=p^{-n^{2}}\prod_{j=1}^{l}\frac{p^{\deg(P_{j})(\dim_{\mathbb{F}_{p}[t]/(P_{j}(t))}(G_{j}/pG_{j}))^{2}}}{|\operatorname{Aut}_{\mathbb{Z}_{p}[t]/(P_{j}(t))}(G_{j})|}\prod_{i=1}^{\dim_{\mathbb{F}_{p}[t]/(P_{j}(t))}(G_{j}/pG_{j})}(1-p^{-i\deg(P_{j})})^{2}.

The conjecture extends the paper's main theorem and is described as work in progress by Cheong, Huang, and Kaplan. It is intended as a non-asymptotic formula for joint cokernel distributions of polynomial expressions in random matrices, generalizing earlier results on random integral matrices.

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Gilyoung Cheong, Yunqi Liang and Michael Strand, “Polynomial equations for matrices over integers modulo a prime power and the cokernel of a random matrix”, arXiv:2209.03626 (2023).

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