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Some properties of coefficients of cyclotomic polynomials

Number Theory 2019-02-14 v1

Abstract

This paper investigates coefficients of cyclotomic polynomials theoretically and experimentally. We prove the following result. {{\em If n=p1pkn=p_1\ldots p_k where pip_i are odd primes and p1<p2<<pr<p1+p2<pr+1<<ptp_1<p_2<\ldots<p_r<p_1+p_2<p_{r+1}<\ldots<p_t with t3t\geq 3 odd, then the numbers (r2),(r3),,r2,r1-(r-2),-(r-3),\ldots, r-2, r-1 are all coefficients of the cyclotomic polynomial Φ2n\Phi_{2n}. Furthermore, if 1+pr<p1+p21+p_r<p_1+p_2 then 1r1-r is also a coefficient of Φ2n\Phi_{2n}.} In the experimental part, in two instances we present computational evidence for asymptotic symmetry between distribution of positive and negative coefficients, and state the resulting conjectures.}

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@article{arxiv.1902.04631,
  title  = {Some properties of coefficients of cyclotomic polynomials},
  author = {Marcin Mazur and Bogdan V. Petrenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.04631},
  year   = {2019}
}

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10 pages, 8 figures