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Irreducibility of Faulhaber-like Polynomials over $\mathbb Q[x]$
Motivation: Inspired by the famous Faulhaber polynomials $F_k(N)=\displaystyle\sum_{n=0}^Nn^k,$ I decided to study their alternating versions, $\Phi_k(M)=\displaystyle\sum_{n=0}^M(-1)^nn^k$.
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Positive divisors of $P(x,n)=1+x+x^2+ \cdots + x^n$ that are congruent to $1$ modulo $x$
This is a follow-up question to Positive integer solutions to the diophantine equation $(xz+1)(yz+1)=z^4+z^3 +z^2 +z+1$
Let \begin{equation}
P(x,n)= 1+x+x^2+ \cdots + x^n, \end{equation}
\begin{...