Ivan Shishkin, Rye (1878)

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A common denominator for the roots of a split polynomial

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Let a/qa/q (lowest terms) be one root and put g(Y)=qdegff(Y/q)g(Y)=q^{\deg f}f(Y/q), a monic polynomial with integer coefficients. Then qdegfγ=g(a)q^{\deg f}\gamma=-g(a) is an integer, so g+qdegfγg+q^{\deg f}\gamma is monic in Z[Y]\Z[Y], and its rational roots, which are qq times the roots of f+γf+\gamma, are integers. So every root has denominator dividing qq; running the argument from each root, the denominators all coincide.

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