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Which sets of roots of unity give a polynomial with nonnegative coefficients?
The question in brief: When does a subset $S$ of the complex $n$th roots of unity have the property that
$$\prod_{\alpha\, \in \,S} (z-\alpha)$$
gives a polynomial in $\mathbb R[z]$ with ...
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Polynomials with presumably positive coefficients
After seeing that some positivity problems get their solutions on MO,
I am quite enthusiastic of posing my (and not only) problem of positive flavour.
In order to state it, I have to introduce the ...
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A congruence involving roots of unity
Let $f(x) \in \mathbb{Z}[x]$ and suppose $f(\omega^j) \in \mathbb{Z}$ for all $j= 1, \dots, n$ where $\omega = e^{2 \pi i/n}$ is a primitive $n^{\text{th}}$ root of unity.
Computational evidence ...
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Positivity of polynomial sequences via generating series
In this question I address
the problem of proving the nonnegativity of a numerical sequence
$a_0,a_1,a_2,\dots$ via generating series technique. In the notation
$A(x)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_nx^n\ge0$ ...
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How biased is $(x_i x_j)_{i,j}$, $x_i\in \mathbb{F}_2$?
Let $N = \frac{n (n-1)}{2}$. Let $V$ be the $N$-dimensional vector space over $\mathbb{F}_2$ consisting of tuples $(x_{(i,j)})_{1\leq i <j \leq n}$, $x_{(i,j)}\in \mathbb{F}_2$. Let $S$ be the set ...
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Polynomials representing locally constant functions
Let $K$ be a finite field with $p$ elements.
(a) Let $f\in K\lbrack x\rbrack$ be such that (i) $\deg(f)<p$ and (ii) $f(2x) = f(x)$ for $\geq (1-\epsilon) p$ values of $x$ in $K$. What can we say ...
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Cosine Modulo $p$?
Consider the integers modulo a prime $p$. I'm looking for a nice polynomial function that acts as a sort of "cosine" on the integers modulo $p$. Specifically, I'm looking for solutions to ...
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A problem in the spirit of P. Borwein's polynomials
A well-known conjecture (now a theorem) of P. Borwein (see Wang and Krattenthaler - An asymptotic approach to Borwein-type sign pattern theorems) states:
For all positive integers $n$, the sign ...
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Density of Pisot polynomials
Recall that a Pisot polynomial $P=x^n+ a_{n-1}x^{n-1}\ldots a_1$ has integer coefficients, a real root $x_1>1$ and all other roots $|x_i|<1$ for $1\leq i \leq n$. One key result is that $\{(...
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A family of polynomials related to integer partitions
For a positive integer $n$, let $p(n)$ be the number of partitions of $n$.
For $1\le k\le n$, let $p(n,k)$ denote the number of partitions of $n$ having exactly $k$ terms; in other words, $p(n,k)$ is ...
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On thickness of binary polynomials
OEIS A169945 introduces the concept of thickness of a polynomial as the magnitude of the largest coefficient in the expansion of the square of the polynomial. Considering the $2^{n+1}$ polynomials $p(...
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Flat polynomials with factors of big height
Let $p(x)$ be a polynomial of degree $n$ with all coefficients in $\{-1,0,1\}$ (such polynomials are sometimes called flat). I am wondering how big the coefficients of a factor of $p$ can be. Call ...
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Congruence for the polynomials $(t+1)^n$
An interesting polynomial congruence is given by
$$A_n(t^m)\equiv \left(\frac{1+t+\cdots+t^{m-1}}m\right)^{n+1}A_n(t) \qquad \mod (t-1)^{n+1}, \tag1$$
where $A_n(t)$ are the Eulerian polynomials with ...
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Interlacing sequences by polynomials?
Given $t=2^\ell$ where $\ell\in\mathbb N_{>0}$ and $M\in\mathbb Z$ and two sets of integers $\{a_1,\dots,a_t\}$ and $\{b_1,\dots,b_t\}$ with $0<a_1\leq \dots\leq a_t<M$ and $0<b_1\leq \...
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Generalized identity with Stirling numbers of the second kind and falling factorials
It is known that Striling numbers of the second kind satisfy the relation
$$
\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{n \brace k}(x)_k = x^n.
$$
where $(x)_n$ is the falling factorials such that
$$
(x)_n = x(x-1)(x-2)\...
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Numbers of positive terms in polynomials equal A069999
Let $a(n)$ be A069999 (i.e., number of possible dimensions for commutators of $n \times n$ matrices; it is independent of the field). OEIS states that no generating function is known.
Let $P(n,k)$ be ...
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Property of a family of simple polynomials related to the A329369
Let $a(n)$ be A329369 (i.e., number of permutations of $\{1,2,\dotsc,m\}$ with excedance set constructed by taking $m-i$ ($0 < i < m$) if $b(i-1) = 1$ where $b(k)b(k-1)\cdots b(1)b(0)$ ($0 \...
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Simplification of computing $f(n,z)$
Let
$$
s(n,z)=\sum\limits_{j=0}^{n}L(n,j,z)
$$
where
$$
L(n,j,z)=\sum\limits_{p=0}^{n-j-1}f(p,z)L(n-j-1,p,z), \\
L(n,n,z)=1
$$
Now let $s(n,z)$ be an arbitrary function such that $s(0, z)=1$. It means ...
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Applications of hyperbolic polynomials?
The recently posted MO-Q "Positivity of the coefficients of Taylor series associated to the Riemann hypothesis" (see also this MO-Q) has re-kindled my interest in hyperbolic polynomials--...
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A follow up on Bergeron's conjecture and a question
We say two polynomials satisfy $P(x)\geq Q(x)$ iff $P(x)-Q(x)$ has non-negative coefficients. Recall $(n)_q!=\prod_{j=1}^n(1-q^j)$ and the Gaussian polynomials $\binom{n}k_q=\frac{(n)_q!}{(k)_q!(n-k)...
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Polynomial composition utilizing polynomials in two different finite fields
At every $n\in\mathbb N$ (all polynomials are of degree $O(1)$) is there $g_{3,1}^{(n)},\dots,g_{3,k}^{(n)}\in\mathbb F_3[x_1,\dots,x_n]$ at $k=\mathsf{poly}(n)$ and $g_2^{(n)}\in\mathbb F_2[x_1,\dots,...
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Palindromicity of $q$-polynomials related to Catalan triangles
The present problem comes from further consideration of my earlier questions, from here and here.
Start with the following variants of Catalan triangles
$\frac{2k+1}{n+k+1}\binom{2n}{n-k}$. Now, ...
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Algorithm for $q$-Bell numbers
Let $T(n,k)$ be A126347 (i.e., triangle, read by rows, with row polynomials $B(n, q)$). Here
$$
B(n, q) = \sum\limits_{k=0}^{n-1}\binom{n-1}{k}B(k, q)q^k, \\
B(0, q) = 1.
$$
Start with vector $\nu$ of ...
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Closed form of coefficients of a finite field polynomial
I want to find a valid polynomial for a finite field $\mathbb{Z}_p[x]_{f(x)}$ with $d=deg(f(x))$. For this definition to hold, it can be deduced that $p$ must be prime and the polynomial $f(x)$ ...
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