Skip to main content

There are several well-known criteria for a polynomial with integer coefficients to be irreducible over $\mathbb{Z}$, for examplee.g., Eisenstein's criterionEisenstein's criterion. I'm looking for the opposite: other than factorization, is there some sufficient condition to show that a given polynomial must be reducible (apart from demonstrating a factorization)? Ideally, I'd like some property that depends only on the coefficients appearing in the polynomial, like in Eisenstein's criterion.

There are several well-known criteria for a polynomial with integer coefficients to irreducible over $\mathbb{Z}$, for example, Eisenstein's criterion. I'm looking for the opposite: is there some sufficient condition to show that a given polynomial must be reducible (apart from demonstrating a factorization)? Ideally I'd like some property that depends only on the coefficients appearing in the polynomial, like in Eisenstein's criterion.

There are several well-known criteria for a polynomial with integer coefficients to be irreducible over $\mathbb{Z}$, e.g., Eisenstein's criterion. I'm looking for the opposite: other than factorization, is there some sufficient condition to show that a given polynomial must be reducible? Ideally, I'd like some property that depends only on the coefficients appearing in the polynomial, like in Eisenstein's criterion.

Edited title to reflect the question
Link
Timothy Chow
  • 82.6k
  • 26
  • 363
  • 587

Sufficient conditions for a polynomial to be irreduciblereducible over the integers

Source Link
Gautam
  • 1.7k
  • 10
  • 24

Sufficient conditions for a polynomial to be irreducible over the integers

There are several well-known criteria for a polynomial with integer coefficients to irreducible over $\mathbb{Z}$, for example, Eisenstein's criterion. I'm looking for the opposite: is there some sufficient condition to show that a given polynomial must be reducible (apart from demonstrating a factorization)? Ideally I'd like some property that depends only on the coefficients appearing in the polynomial, like in Eisenstein's criterion.