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An Identity involving the Cyclotomic Polynomials

Number Theory 2020-10-20 v2

Abstract

We present an elementary identity for the cyclotomic polynomials Φn(X)\Phi_n(X) which reflects a kind of multiplicative property of Φn(X)\Phi_n(X) as a function of nn, and we explore its connections with the properties of other arithmetical functions. Important Note: In the first version of this article uploaded to the arXiv, it is said that this result seemed to be new. However, after that, I have learned that this identity (in Theorem 1.1) has previously appeared in Cheng, C. C. A., McKay, J. H., & Wang, S. S. S. (1995). Resultants of cyclotomic polynomials. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 123(4), 1053-1059. (with a different proof).

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@article{arxiv.2010.02668,
  title  = {An Identity involving the Cyclotomic Polynomials},
  author = {Pablo L. De Nápoli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.02668},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

13 pages; references added; We have learned that the main result has previously appeared in another paper

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