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It is shown that Erd\"{o}s--Littlewood's polynomials are not $L^\alpha$-flat when $\alpha > 2$ is an even integer (and hence for any $\alpha \geq 4$). This provides a partial solution to an old problem posed by Littlewood. Consequently, we…

We establish a generalization of Littlewood's criterion on $L^\alpha$-flatness by proving that there is no $L^\alpha$-flat polynomials, $\alpha>0$, within the class of analytic polynomials on the unit circle of the form $…

We establish that the Rudin-Shapiro polynomials are not $L^\alpha$-flat, for any $\alpha \geq 0$. We further prove that the "truncated" Rudin-Shapiro sequence cannot generate a sequence of $L^\alpha$-flat polynomials, for any $\alpha \geq…

Polynomials with coefficients in $\{-1,1\}$ are called Littlewood polynomials. Using special properties of the Rudin-Shapiro polynomials and classical results in approximation theory such as Jackson's Theorem, de la Vall\'ee Poussin sums,…

Littlewood polynomials are polynomials with each of their coefficients in $\{-1,1\}$. A sequence of Littlewood polynomials that satisfies a remarkable flatness property on the unit circle of the complex plane is given by the Rudin-Shapiro…

In this paper we study the average $\NL_{2\alpha}$-norm over $T$-polynomials, where $\alpha$ is a positive integer. More precisely, we present an explicit formula for the average $\NL_{2\alpha}$-norm over all the polynomials of degree…

We exhibit a sequence of flat polynomials with coefficients $0,1$. We thus get that there exist a sequences of Newman polynomials that are $L^\alpha$-flat, $0 \leq \alpha <2$. This settles an old question of Littlewood. In the opposite…

We show that there exist absolute constants $\Delta > \delta > 0$ such that, for all $n \geqslant 2$, there exists a polynomial $P$ of degree $n$, with $\pm 1$ coefficients, such that $$\delta\sqrt{n} \leqslant |P(z)| \leqslant…

There are no square $L^2$-flat sequences of polynomials of the type $$\frac{1}{\sqrt q}( \epsilon_0 + \epsilon_1z + \epsilon_2z^2 + \cdots + \epsilon_{q-2}z^{q-2} +\epsilon_q z^{q-1}),$$ where for each $j,~~ 0 \leq j\leq q-1,~\epsilon_j =…

We build a new theory for analyzing the coefficients of any cyclotomic polynomial by considering it as a gcd of simpler polynomials. Using this theory, we generalize a result known as periodicity and provide two new families of flat…

Littlewood asked how small the ratio $||f||_4/||f||_2$ (where $||.||_\alpha$ denotes the $L^\alpha$ norm on the unit circle) can be for polynomials $f$ having all coefficients in $\{1,-1\}$, as the degree tends to infinity. Since 1988, the…

We formulate and prove a necessary condition for a sequence of analytic trigonometric polynomials with real non-negative coefficients to be flat a.e.

The Hardy--Littlewood inequality for complex homogeneous polynomials asserts that given positive integers $m\geq2$ and $n\geq1$, if $P$ is a complex homogeneous polynomial of degree $m$ on $\ell_{p}^{n}$ with $2m\leq p\leq\infty$ given by…

In this paper, we give a direct quantitative estimate of $L^1$norms of non-harmonic trigonometric polynomials over large enough intervals. This extends the result by Konyagin and Mc Gehee, Pigno, Smith to the settingof trigonometric…

We argue that Jack Littlewood-Richardson coefficients $g_{\mu\nu}^{\lambda}(\alpha)$ are specialisations of certain novel polynomials. For the triple of partitions $(\mu,\nu,\lambda)=(21,21,321)$, we prove the corresponding polynomial is…

A Littlewood polynomial is a single-variable polynomial all of whose coefficients lie in $\{ \pm 1\}$. We establish the leading term asymptotics of the number of reciprocal or skew-reciprocal Littlewood polynomials with square discriminant.…

We prove that the Littlewood conjecture is satisfied for a restricted class of pairs $(\alpha,\beta)$ of badly approximable numbers. We use the localization of the roots of a cubic equation with coefficients depending on the diophantine…

Polynomials with all the coefficients in $\{ 0,1\}$ and constant term 1 are called Newman polynomials, whereas polynomials with all the coefficients in $\{ -1,1\}$ are called Littlewood polynomials. By exploiting an algorithm developed…

A Littlewood polynomial is a polynomial in $\mathbb{C}[z]$ having all of its coefficients in $\{-1,1\}$. There are various old unsolved problems, mostly due to Littlewood and Erd\H{o}s, that ask for Littlewood polynomials that provide a…

We propose a simple uniform lower bound on the spacings between the successive zeros of the Laguerre polynomials $L_n^{(\alpha)}$ for all $\alpha>-1$. Our bound is sharp regarding the order of dependency on $n$ and $\alpha$ in various…