Function-field analogue of Cilleruelo's least-common-multiple conjecture

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Let q=pkq=p^k be a prime power, and let f∈Fq[T][X]f\in\mathbb{F}_q[T][X] be a fixed irreducible polynomial with XX-degree d≥2d\geq 2. Define

Lf(n):=lcm⁡(f(Q):Q∈Fq[T] monic, deg⁡Q=n).L_f(n):=\operatorname{lcm}\left(f(Q):Q\in\mathbb{F}_q[T]\text{ monic},\ \deg Q=n\right).

Let Vf:={g∈Fq[T]:f(X+g)=f(X)}V_f:=\{g\in\mathbb{F}_q[T]:f(X+g)=f(X)\} and cf:=1/∣Vf∣c_f:=1/|V_f|. The function-field Cilleruelo conjecture. As n→∞n\to\infty,

deg⁡Lf(n)∼cf(d−1)nqn.\deg L_f(n)\sim c_f(d-1)nq^n.

This is the function-field analogue of Cilleruelo's conjecture. The source presents it as a conjecture; the supplied material gives no resolution status.

References

Primary source

Alexei Entin and Sean Landsberg, “The Least Common Multiple of Polynomial Values over Function Fields”, arXiv:2310.04164 (2025).

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