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Differentiating polynomials, and zeta(2)

General Mathematics 2008-03-26 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We study the derivatives of polynomials with equally spaced zeros and find connections to the values of the Riemann zeta-function at the positive even integers.

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@article{arxiv.0803.3592,
  title  = {Differentiating polynomials, and zeta(2)},
  author = {David W. Farmer and Robert Rhoades},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3592},
  year   = {2008}
}
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