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Periodic Column Partial Sums in the Riordan Array of a Polynomial

Combinatorics 2024-07-30 v1

Abstract

When p(t)p(t) is a polynomial of degree dd, kk-th column of the Riordan array (1/(1td+1),tp(t))\bigl(1/(1 - t^{d+1}), tp(t)\bigr) is an eventually periodic sequence with the repeating part beginning at the 1+(k1)(d+1)1 + (k-1)(d+1)-st term. The pre-periodic terms add up to the (k1)(d+1)(k-1)(d+1)-st partial sum of the corresponding formal power series, and thus the Riordan array of p(t)p(t) generates a sequence of column partial sums. We classify linear and quadratic polynomials, and present a particular family of polynomials of higher degrees, for which such sequences of column partial sums are eventually periodic.

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@article{arxiv.2407.19530,
  title  = {Periodic Column Partial Sums in the Riordan Array of a Polynomial},
  author = {Nikolai A. Krylov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.19530},
  year   = {2024}
}

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34 pages, 6 figures