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Letk>1 and let\(a_j (0 \leqslant j \leqslant k)\) be non-zero algebraic numbers contained in the field\(\mathbb{K}_0 = \mathbb{Q}(a_1 /a_0 ,...,a_k /a_0 )\). It is shown that for almost all, in the sense of density integer vectorsn 1,...,n k the polynomial\(a_0 + \sum\limits_{j = 1}^k {a_j x^{n_j } } \) becomes irreducible over\(\mathbb{K}_0 \) on dividing by the product of all factorsx−ξ, where ξ is a root of unity.
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Dedicated to Professor E. Hlawka on the occasion of his seventieth birthday
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Schinzel, A. Reducibility of lacunary polynomials, VII. Monatshefte für Mathematik 102, 309–337 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01304302
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