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Staircase palindromic polynomials

Number Theory 2021-01-01 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We study a class of monic-palindromic polynomials that we call staircase palindromic polynomials. Specifically, suppose S(x,n,h)S(x, n, h) is a polynomial of degree n with the special form: S(x;n;h)=xn+2xn1+3xn2++(h1)xnh+2+hxnh+1++hxh1+(h1)xh2++2x+1S(x; n; h) = x^n + 2x^{n-1} + 3x^{n-2} + \dots + (h - 1)x^{n-h+2} + hx^{n-h+1} + \dots + hx^{h-1} + (h - 1)x^{h-2} + \dots + 2x + 1. Then S(x,n,h)S(x, n, h) can be factored as a product of cyclotomic polynomials. Moreover, for any given n, there are n+12 \lceil{\frac{n+1}{2}\rceil} staircase polynomials, all of whose factors can be derived using two parameter n and h with the help of cyclotomic polynomials. After that we explore some classes of polynomials that can be converted to staircase polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.2012.15663,
  title  = {Staircase palindromic polynomials},
  author = {Rabi K. C. and Abdalnaser Algoud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.15663},
  year   = {2021}
}

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