Monogenic Fields from Polynomial Compositions with Applications

Abstract

A number field $K$ is called \emph{monogenic} if its ring of integers $\mathbb{Z}_K$ can be expressed as a simple ring extension $\mathbb{Z}[\alpha]$ for some $\alpha \in \mathbb{Z}_K$. A monic irreducible polynomial $f(x)\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ is said to be monogenic if one of its roots generates both the number field and its ring of integers. In this article, we establish the necessary and sufficient conditions for $[\mathbb{Z}_{K_i}:\mathbb{Z}[\alpha_i]]=1$, where $K_i=\mathbb{Q}(\alpha_i)$ and $\alpha_i$ is a root of the composed polynomial $f_i(x^k+b)$ for $i=1,2$. Here, $f_1(x)=x^n+c\sum_{j=1}^{n}(ax)^{n-j}\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ and $f_2(x)=x^n+c\sum_{j=1}^{n}a^{j-1}x^{n-j}\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ are irreducible polynomials of degree $n\ge 3$. In addition, we derive asymptotic estimates for the number of monogenic polynomials in these families under natural assumptions. As an application of our main results, we construct a class of polynomials with non-square-free discriminants. We also analyze the behavior of solutions to certain related differential equations.