The polynomial x4+1 is
irreducible in Ζ[x] but is
locally reducible, that is, it factors modulo p for all primes p. In
this paper we investigate this phenomenon and prove thatfor any composite natural number N there are monic irreducible polynomials in Ζ[x] which are
reducible modulo every prime.
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