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Let $P$ be the set of all positive primes. Let $S\subset P$ be a$S$ an arbitrary infinite subset that hasof $P$ satisfying the following assumption: there exists a well-defined natural density. Assumefinite Galois extension $K$ of $\mathbb{Q}$ and a conjugacy class $C\subset \mathrm{Gal}(K/\mathbb{Q})$ such that $P\setminus S$ is exactly the densityset of primes unramified in $S$$K/\mathbb{Q}$ whose Frobenius conjugacy class is not equal to zero or one$C$. Does

Must there exist a non-constant monic polynomial over $\mathbb{Z}$ that is reducible modulo the primes in $S$ and only those primes?

The above assumption is necessary. To see why, take the splitting field of the polynomial and note that the primes modulo which it is reducible are exactly the ramified primes and the unramified primes whose Frobenius conjugacy class does not contain $n$-cycles under the usual embedding of the Galois group into $S_n$ ($n$ is the degree of the polynomial).

Let $P$ be the set of all positive primes. Let $S\subset P$ be a subset that has a well-defined natural density. Assume the density of $S$ is not equal to zero or one. Does there exist a non-constant monic polynomial over $\mathbb{Z}$ that is reducible modulo the primes in $S$ and only those primes?

Let $P$ be the set of all positive primes. Let $S$ an arbitrary infinite subset of $P$ satisfying the following assumption: there exists a finite Galois extension $K$ of $\mathbb{Q}$ and a conjugacy class $C\subset \mathrm{Gal}(K/\mathbb{Q})$ such that $P\setminus S$ is exactly the set of primes unramified in $K/\mathbb{Q}$ whose Frobenius conjugacy class is equal to $C$.

Must there exist a non-constant monic polynomial over $\mathbb{Z}$ that is reducible modulo the primes in $S$ and only those primes?

The above assumption is necessary. To see why, take the splitting field of the polynomial and note that the primes modulo which it is reducible are exactly the ramified primes and the unramified primes whose Frobenius conjugacy class does not contain $n$-cycles under the usual embedding of the Galois group into $S_n$ ($n$ is the degree of the polynomial).

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A sufficient condition for a set of primes to be the set of reducibility of an integer polynomial

Let $P$ be the set of all positive primes. Let $S\subset P$ be a subset that has a well-defined natural density. Assume the density of $S$ is not equal to zero or one. Does there exist a non-constant monic polynomial over $\mathbb{Z}$ that is reducible modulo the primes in $S$ and only those primes?