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Reciprocal cyclotomic polynomials

Number Theory 2012-07-30 v1

Abstract

Let Ψn(x)\Psi_n(x) be the monic polynomial having precisely all non-primitive nnth roots of unity as its simple zeros. One has Ψn(x)=(xn1)/Φn(x)\Psi_n(x)=(x^n-1)/\Phi_n(x), with Φn(x)\Phi_n(x) the nnth cyclotomic polynomial. The coefficients of Ψn(x)\Psi_n(x) are integers that like the coefficients of Φn(x)\Phi_n(x) tend to be surprisingly small in absolute value, e.g. for n<561n<561 all coefficients of Ψn(x)\Psi_n(x) are 1\le 1 in absolute value. We establish various properties of the coefficients of Ψn(x)\Psi_n(x).

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@article{arxiv.0709.1570,
  title  = {Reciprocal cyclotomic polynomials},
  author = {Pieter Moree},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.1570},
  year   = {2012}
}

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