Large irreducible factors in iterated polynomial-value differences
Large irreducible factors in iterated polynomial-value differences
Let , let , and let . Define , a polynomial of degree . Suppose . Large-factor conjecture. For every , there is an such that has an irreducible factor of degree satisfying . This prediction would provide arbitrarily large finite-field extensions containing parameters for which the relevant orbit condition is satisfied; the source supplies no resolution status.
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Shamil Asgarli and Dragos Ghioca, “Collision of orbits for families of polynomials defined over fields of positive characteristic”, arXiv:2508.06279 (2026).
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