Galois groups of Taylor polynomials of some elementary functions

Abstract

Motivated by Schur’s result on computing the Galois groups of the exponential Taylor polynomials, this paper aims to compute the Galois groups of the Taylor polynomials of the elementary functions [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. We first show that the Galois groups of the [Formula: see text]th Taylor polynomials of [Formula: see text] are as large as possible, namely, [Formula: see text] (full symmetric group) or [Formula: see text] (alternating group), depending on the residue of the integer number [Formula: see text] modulo [Formula: see text]. We then compute the Galois groups of the [Formula: see text]th Taylor polynomials of [Formula: see text] and show that these Galois groups essentially coincide with the Coexter groups of type [Formula: see text] (or an index 2 subgroup of the corresponding Coexter group).