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A class of Littlewood polynomials that are not $L^\alpha$-flat

Number Theory 2017-05-11 v3 Complex Variables Dynamical Systems Probability Spectral Theory

Abstract

We exhibit a class of Littlewood polynomials that are not LαL^\alpha-flat for any α0\alpha \geq 0. Indeed, it is shown that the sequence of Littlewood polynomials is not LαL^\alpha-flat, α0\alpha \geq 0, when the frequency of 1-1 is not in the interval ]14,34[]\frac14,\frac34[. We further obtain a generalization of Jensen-Jensen-Hoholdt's result by establishing that the sequence of Littlewood polynomials is not LαL^\alpha-flat for any α>2\alpha> 2 if the frequency of 1-1 is not 12\frac12. Finally, we prove that the sequence of palindromic Littlewood polynomials with even degrees are not LαL^\alpha-flat for any α0\alpha \geq 0.

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@article{arxiv.1606.05852,
  title  = {A class of Littlewood polynomials that are not $L^\alpha$-flat},
  author = {E. H. el Abdalaoui and M. G. Nadkarni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.05852},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

15 pages. The appendix is written jointly with M, G. Nadkarni. In this new version few misprints are corrected and Jensen-Jensen-Hoholdt's theorem is generalized