The fixed-constant-term analogue of van der Waerden's conjecture

Let

f(x)=xn+an−1xn−1+⋯+a1x+bf(x)=x^n+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+\cdots+a_1x+b

be a polynomial with fixed outer coefficients an=1a_n=1 and a0=ba_0=b, and let En,b(H)E_{n,b}(H) denote the number of such polynomials of height at most HH whose Galois group is not the full symmetric group SnS_n. Fixed-constant-term van der Waerden conjecture. For fixed n≥2n\geq 2 and b≠0b\neq 0,

En,b(H)≍Hn−2.E_{n,b}(H)\asymp H^{n-2}.

This is the analogue of van der Waerden's conjecture for the family of monic degree-nn polynomials with fixed nonzero constant term. The paper presents it as a direction for future study; its resolution is not established here.

References

Primary source

Theresa C. Anderson and Evan M. O'Dorney, “Galois groups of reciprocal polynomials II: Twisted reciprocal polynomials”, arXiv:2603.15875 (2026).

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