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On the Middle Coefficient of a Cyclotomic Polynomial

Number Theory 2019-04-25 v1

Abstract

In this article, we provide a short and elementary proof of the following result: For n3n \geq 3 the middle coefficient of Φn(x)\Phi_n(x) is either zero (when nn is a power of 22) or an odd integer.

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@article{arxiv.1904.10593,
  title  = {On the Middle Coefficient of a Cyclotomic Polynomial},
  author = {Gregory Dresden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.10593},
  year   = {2019}
}