General irreducibility conjecture for integer polynomials with prime-power constant term

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Let pp and qq be prime numbers, let u⩾1u\geqslant 1, and let

f(x)=anxn+an−1xn−1+⋯+aqxq+pu∈Z[x].f(x)=a_{n}x^{n}+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+\cdots+a_{q}x^{q}+p^{u}\in\mathbb{Z}[x].

Irreducibility conjecture. If p∤anaqp\nmid a_{n}a_{q}, q∤uq\nmid u, and

pu>∣an∣+∣an−1∣+⋯+∣aq∣,p^{u}>|a_{n}|+|a_{n-1}|+\cdots+|a_{q}|,

then f(x)f(x) is irreducible over Q\mathbb{Q}. This conjecture seeks a common irreducibility criterion extending the preceding results for the cases q=1q=1, q=2q=2, and q=3q=3; its resolution is not given here.

References

Primary source

Zhang Weilin and Yuan Pingzhi, “A note on an irreducible class of polynomials over integers”, arXiv:2303.03605 (2023).

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