Palindromes on the $τ$-circle: A note for Palindrome Tau Day, 6/28/26
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2026-06-29 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
An integer palindrome is a self-reciprocal polynomial evaluated at its base, so its roots are symmetric about the unit circle -- where the coordinate is angle, in turns of . Read this way, the date secretly contains the primitive cube roots of unity -- at angle -- along with one further pair of roots on the circle.
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@article{arxiv.2606.29669,
title = {Palindromes on the $τ$-circle: A note for Palindrome Tau Day, 6/28/26},
author = {Scott Duke Kominers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.29669},
year = {2026}
}
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