Computing Igusa's Local Zeta Functions of Univariate Polynomials, and Linear Feedback Shift Registers

Abstract

We give a polynomial time algorithm for computing the Igusa local zeta function $Z(s,f)$ attached to a polynomial $f(x)\in \QTR{Bbb}{Z}[x]$, in one variable, with splitting field $\QTR{Bbb}{Q}$, and a prime number $p$. We also propose a new class of Linear Feedback Shift Registers based on the computation of Igusa's local zeta function.

To appear in The Journal of Integer Sequences