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Monogenic period equations are cyclotomic polynomials

Number Theory 2020-02-12 v1 Classical Physics

Abstract

We study monogeneity in {\sl period equations}, ψe(x)\psi_e(x), the auxiliary equations introduced by Gauss to solve cyclotomic polynomials by radicals. All monogenic ψe(x)\psi_e(x) of degrees 4e2504 \leq e \leq 250 are determined for extended intervals of primes p=ef+1p=ef+1, and found to coincide either with cyclotomic polynomials, or with simple de Moivre reduced forms of cyclotomic polynomials. The former case occurs for p=e+1p=e+1, and the latter for p=2e+1p=2e+1. For e4e\geq4, we conjecture all monogenic period equations to be cyclotomic polynomials. Totally real period equations are of interest in applications of quadratic discrete-time dynamical systems.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2002.04445,
  title  = {Monogenic period equations are cyclotomic polynomials},
  author = {Jason A. C. Gallas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.04445},
  year   = {2020}
}
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