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On the irreducibility of a truncated binomial expansion

Number Theory 2007-06-13 v2 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let P_nk(x) denote the sum of the lowest k+1 terms in the expansion of (1+x)^n. We investigate the irreducibility of P_nk(x) and more general univariate polynomials related to it. Polynomials P_nk(x) naturally arise in Schubert calculus, see ArXiv e-print math.RT/0409329 by I.Scherbak.

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@article{arxiv.math/0409523,
  title  = {On the irreducibility of a truncated binomial expansion},
  author = {Michael Filaseta and Angel Kumchev and Dmitrii V. Pasechnik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0409523},
  year   = {2007}
}

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