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Legendre compressions and an integrality conjecture for the H\"ormander--Bernhardsson extremal function

Number Theory 2026-03-26 v1 Complex Variables

Abstract

We prove Conjecture~2 of Bondarenko, Ortega-Cerd\`a, Radchenko, and Seip for the three-term recurrence attached to the H\"ormander--Bernhardsson extremal function φ\varphi. More precisely, define u~1=0,u~0=1, \widetilde u_{-1}=0,\qquad \widetilde u_0=1, and u~n+1=4n+2n+1(n(n+1)λ)u~n+4nn+1xu~n1. \widetilde u_{n+1} = \frac{4n+2}{n+1}\bigl(n(n+1)-\lambda\bigr)\widetilde u_n + \frac{4n}{n+1}x\,\widetilde u_{n-1}. Then u~n(x,λ)Z[x,λ](n0). \widetilde u_n(x,\lambda)\in\mathbb Z[x,\lambda] \qquad(n\ge0). The proof is a determinant comparison in the scaled Legendre basis. After sign reversal and central-binomial normalization, the recurrence becomes exactly the continuant recurrence of a finite tridiagonal compression. In particular, if Tn(a,λ)T_n(a,\lambda) denotes the nnth BOCRS tridiagonal truncation, then u~n+1(a2,λ)=(2n+2n+1)detTn(a,λ). \widetilde u_{n+1}(a^2,\lambda)=\binom{2n+2}{n+1}\det T_n(a,\lambda). As consequences, we derive that (π4C)2andLτ(1)2C \left(\frac{\pi}{4C}\right)^2 \quad\text{and}\quad -\frac{L_\tau(1)}{2C} are not simultaneously rational, where CC is the sharp point-evaluation constant for PW1PW^1, ±τn\pm\tau_n are the nonzero zeros of φ\varphi, and Lτ(1)=n1(1)nτn. L_\tau(1)=\sum_{n\ge1}\frac{(-1)^n}{\tau_n}. Finally, if we write φ(z)=n0cnz2n,\varphi(z)=\sum_{n\ge0}c_n z^{2n}, then cnCnZ[π2,C,Lτ(1)](n0). c_n\in C^n\,\mathbb Z[\pi^2,C,L_\tau(1)] \qquad(n\ge0).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2603.24504,
  title  = {Legendre compressions and an integrality conjecture for the H\"ormander--Bernhardsson extremal function},
  author = {Khai-Hoan Nguyen-Dang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.24504},
  year   = {2026}
}

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