factorpadic

Function: factorpadic
Section: polynomials
C-Name: factorpadic
Prototype: GGL
Help: factorpadic(pol,p,r): p-adic factorization of the polynomial pol
 to precision r.
Doc: $p$-adic factorization
 of the polynomial \var{pol} to precision $r$, the result being a
 two-column matrix as in \kbd{factor}. Note that this is not the same
 as a factorization over $\Z/p^r\Z$ (polynomials over that ring do not form a
 unique factorization domain, anyway), but approximations in $\Q/p^r\Z$ of
 the true factorization in $\Q_p[X]$.
 \bprog
 ? factorpadic(x^2 + 9, 3,5)
 %1 =
 [(1 + O(3^5))*x^2 + O(3^5)*x + (3^2 + O(3^5)) 1]
 ? factorpadic(x^2 + 1, 5,3)
 %2 =
 [  (1 + O(5^3))*x + (2 + 5 + 2*5^2 + O(5^3)) 1]

 [(1 + O(5^3))*x + (3 + 3*5 + 2*5^2 + O(5^3)) 1]
 @eprog\noindent
 The factors are normalized so that their leading coefficient is a power of
 $p$. The method used is a modified version of the \idx{round 4} algorithm of
 \idx{Zassenhaus}.

 If \var{pol} has inexact \typ{PADIC} coefficients, this is not always
 well-defined; in this case, the polynomial is first made integral by dividing
 out the $p$-adic content,  then lifted to $\Z$ using \tet{truncate}
 coefficientwise.
 Hence we actually factor exactly a polynomial which is only $p$-adically
 close to the input. To avoid pitfalls, we advise to only factor polynomials
 with exact rational coefficients.

 \synt{factorpadic}{GEN f,GEN p, long r} . The function \kbd{factorpadic0} is
 deprecated, provided for backward compatibility.