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Polynomials with Maximum Lead Coefficient Bounded on a Finite Set

Number Theory 2015-06-11 v1

Abstract

What is the maximum possible value of the lead coefficient of a degree dd polynomial Q(x)Q(x) if Q(1),Q(2),,Q(k)|Q(1)|,|Q(2)|,\ldots,|Q(k)| are all less than or equal to one? More generally we write Ld,[xk](x)L_{d,[x_k]}(x) for what we prove to be the unique degree dd polynomial with maximum lead coefficient when bounded between 11 and 1-1 for x[xk]={x1,,xk}x\in [x_k]=\{x_1,\cdots,x_k\}. We calculate explicitly the lead coefficient of Ld,[xk](x)L_{d,[x_k]}(x) when d4d\leq 4 and the set [xk][x_k] is an arithmetic progression. We give an algorithm to generate Ld,[xk](x)L_{d,[x_k]}(x) for all dd and [xk][x_k].

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@article{arxiv.1506.03423,
  title  = {Polynomials with Maximum Lead Coefficient Bounded on a Finite Set},
  author = {Karl Levy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.03423},
  year   = {2015}
}
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