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On sums of coefficients of Borwein type polynomials over arithmetic progressions

Number Theory 2021-04-08 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

We obtain asymptotic formulas for sums over arithmetic progressions of coefficients of polynomials of the form j=1nk=1p1(1qpjk)s,\prod_{j=1}^n\prod_{k=1}^{p-1}(1-q^{pj-k})^s, where pp is an odd prime and n,sn, s are positive integers. Let us denote by aia_i the coefficient of qiq^i in the above polynomial and suppose that bb is an integer. We prove that ib mod 2pnaiv(b)psn2pnpsn/2,\Big|\sum_{i\equiv b\ \text{mod}\ 2pn}a_i-\frac{v(b)p^{sn}}{2pn}\Big|\leq p^{sn/2}, where v(b)=p1v(b)=p-1 if bb divisible by pp and v(b)=1v(b)=-1 otherwise. This improves a recent result of Goswami and Pantangi.

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@article{arxiv.2006.02970,
  title  = {On sums of coefficients of Borwein type polynomials over arithmetic progressions},
  author = {Jiyou Li and Xiang Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.02970},
  year   = {2021}
}

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9 pages. Improved version