[#R414] The exact maximum slice count is 29
claim. A complete sweep finds 29 irreducible quintics in each maximizing slice and certifies that every other slice has at most 28.
1Summary
The answer is \[ \max_{a,b\in\mathbb F_{101}^{*}}N(a,b)=29. \] Exactly 100 ordered pairs attain the maximum. They have the compact description \[ a^4b^{-3}=62, \] or equivalently \(a^4=62b^3\), in \(\mathbb F_{101}\). The pair \((a,b)=(1,32)\) is one representative. Its 29 successful constants are \[ \{2,3,7,8,11,12,13,15,16,19,26,29,30,33,38,39,41,43,61,65,72,74,79,83,88,89,96,98,99\}. \] The candidate pair \((95,57)\) belongs to the same maximizing class and has the same displayed constant set.
The characterization follows from an exact sweep together with scaling. For \(u\ne0\), substitution and normalization give \[ u^{-5}f_{a,b,c}(ux)=f_{a u^{-3},b u^{-4},c u^{-5}}(x). \] This preserves irreducibility and leaves \(a^4b^{-3}\) unchanged. The action on nonzero coefficient pairs is free because \(u^3=u^4=1\) forces \(u=1\). Its 100-element orbits are exactly the fibers of \(a^4b^{-3}\). The exhaustive table has one maximizing orbit, with invariant 62.
Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: all polynomials x^5+a*x^2+b*x+c over F_101 with nonzero a and b.
2Evidence
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Verification source: doi.org ↗, Complete exact sweep in iqf101-artifact-rabin-sweep
3Overview
Across all 10,000 slices, the slice-count histogram is \[ 13{:}200,14{:}400,15{:}300,16{:}700,17{:}600,18{:}1100,19{:}700,20{:}1100,21{:}900,22{:}1100,23{:}600,24{:}900,25{:}600,26{:}400,27{:}200,28{:}100,29{:}100. \] The counts sum to 10,000 slices. Those slices contain 204,200 irreducible polynomials in total.
4What was measured
- Maximum
- 29
- Maximizer count
- 100
- Maximizer invariant
- 62
- Successful constants
- 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 26, 29, 30, 33, 38, 39, 41, 43, 61, 65, 72, 74, 79, 83, 88, 89, 96, 98, 99
- Irreducible polynomials total
- 204,200
Representative
Slice count histogram
5How it connects
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"body": "The answer is\n\\[\n\\max_{a,b\\in\\mathbb F_{101}^{*}}N(a,b)=29.\n\\]\nExactly 100 ordered pairs attain the maximum. They have the compact description\n\\[\na^4b^{-3}=62,\n\\]\nor equivalently \\(a^4=62b^3\\), in \\(\\mathbb F_{101}\\). The pair \\((a,b)=(1,32)\\) is one representative. Its 29 successful constants are\n\\[\n\\{2,3,7,8,11,12,13,15,16,19,26,29,30,33,38,39,41,43,61,65,72,74,79,83,88,89,96,98,99\\}.\n\\]\nThe candidate pair \\((95,57)\\) belongs to the same maximizing class and has the same displayed constant set.\n\nThe characterization follows from an exact sweep together with scaling. For \\(u\\ne0\\), substitution and normalization give\n\\[\nu^{-5}f_{a,b,c}(ux)=f_{a u^{-3},b u^{-4},c u^{-5}}(x).\n\\]\nThis preserves irreducibility and leaves \\(a^4b^{-3}\\) unchanged. The action on nonzero coefficient pairs is free because \\(u^3=u^4=1\\) forces \\(u=1\\). Its 100-element orbits are exactly the fibers of \\(a^4b^{-3}\\). The exhaustive table has one maximizing orbit, with invariant 62.\n\nAcross all 10,000 slices, the slice-count histogram is\n\\[\n13{:}200,14{:}400,15{:}300,16{:}700,17{:}600,18{:}1100,19{:}700,20{:}1100,21{:}900,22{:}1100,23{:}600,24{:}900,25{:}600,26{:}400,27{:}200,28{:}100,29{:}100.\n\\]\nThe counts sum to 10,000 slices. Those slices contain 204,200 irreducible polynomials in total.",
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- irreducible-quintic-f101-slices
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- Complete exact sweep in iqf101-artifact-rabin-sweep
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- TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
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