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theoretical-computer-science / Algorithmic number theory, derandomization
Deterministic polynomial-time factorization of polynomials over prime fields
Theorem 1.1: a uniform deterministic algorithm computes the complete factorization (irreducible factors with multiplicities) of any nonzero dense f∈Fp[x] in O(((n+1)⌈log2p⌉)1012) bit operations, with no randomness, oracle or GRH. Theorem 1.2 (proved here, unconditional) does this given small auxiliary primes ℓ≡1(mod12q) with p not a qth power mod ℓ; the odd-degree splitter uses Jacobians of cyclic curves Yq=F(X) and norm equations in cyclic algebras. Small auxiliary primes are deduced from a uniform zero-free strip Res>1−10−6 for all finite-order Hecke L-functions over cyclotomic fields containing μ12, imported from the companion on primitive roots and not proved here. The exponent is not practical.