A Matrix Related to Stern Polynomials and the Prouhet-Thue-Morse Sequence
Combinatorics
2021-06-22 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
The Stern polynomials defined by , , and for by and have only 0 and 1 as coefficients. We construct an infinite lower-triangular matrix related to the coefficients of the and show that its inverse has only 0, 1, and as entries, which we find explicitly. In particular, the sign distribution of the entries is determined by the Prouhet-Thue-Morse sequence. We also obtain other properties of this matrix and a related Pascal-type matrix that involve the Catalan, Stirling, Fibonacci, Fine, and Padovan numbers. Further results involve compositions of integers, the Sierpi\'nski matrix, and identities connecting the Stern and Prouhet-Thue-Morse sequences.
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@article{arxiv.2106.10400,
title = {A Matrix Related to Stern Polynomials and the Prouhet-Thue-Morse Sequence},
author = {George Beck and Karl Dilcher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.10400},
year = {2021}
}
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25 pages