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Is the Collatz conjecture known to be true for interesting unbounded classes of numbers?

The Collatz or the $3n+1$ conjecture is open. Is there a specific polynomial $f(x)\in\mathbb Z[x]$ whose range is unbounded for which every integer of form $|f(m)|$ at $m\in\mathbb Z$ satisfies $3n+1$...
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A strange polynomial equality

In my answer to this question, I have obtained that the polynomial $p(x)$ of degree $2n$ with nonnegative values on $[-1,1]$ with $p(\pm1)=1$ has $\int_{-1}^1 p(x)\,dx\geq \frac{4}{(n+1)(n+2)}$, and ...
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On the polynomials $\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n+k}k^m q^k$

A sequence of polynomials $$P_0(q),\ P_1(q),\ P_2(q),\ \ldots$$ with real coefficients is called $q$-log-convex if for each $n=1,2,3,\ldots$ every coefficient of the polynomial $P_{n+1}(q)P_{n-1}(q)-...
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Identities for powers of functions based on generalization of Lagrange interpolation

Lagrange polynomial can be used to obtain an identity: $$(k+t)^n = \sum_{i=0}^n (k+d_i)^n \prod_{\substack{j=0\\ j\not=i}}^n \frac{t-d_j}{d_i-d_j},$$ which holds for any integer $n>0$, any real ...
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On a type of equations that involve certain multiplicative functions and polynomials, in relation to their number of solutions

Past weekend I was interested in the sequence A058891 from the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, from this, inspired by the equation due to Benoit Cloitre (2002) that shows the comments, I ...
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Linear recurrences in coefficients of powers of quotients of polynomial rings

It is known that linear recurrences with constant coefficients can be computed via powers in $\mathbb{Z}[x]/f(x)$. We believe that this generalizes to quotients of multivariate polynomial rings. Let $...
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Roots of a family of 4-parameter polynomials

Let $k, \ell, p$ and $q$ be positive integers, with $q>p>1$ and $\gcd(p,q)=1$. Let $f(x)$ the polynomial given by $$ f(x)=x^q-kx^{q-p}-\ell. $$ This polynomial is related to a family of two-...
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Polynomials of integer coefficients that evaluated at Mersenne or Fermat numbers produce square-free integers

Mersenne numbers $M_n=2^n-1$ and Fermat numbers $F_n=2^{2^n}+1$ draw the attention of professional mathematicians to get prime constellations or statements related to primality tests for these ...
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