On Littlewood and Newman polynomial multiples of Borwein polynomials

Jonas Jankauskas, Paulius Drungilas, Jonas Šiurys

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Abstract

A Newman polynomial has all the coefficients in {0,1} and constant term 1, whereas a Littlewood polynomial has all coefficients in {-1,1}. We call P(X) in Z[X] a Borwein polynomial if all its coefficients belong to {-1,0,1} and P(0) not equal to 0. By exploiting an algorithm which decides whether a given monic integer polynomial with no roots on the unit circle |z|=1 has a non-zero multiple in Z[X] with coefficients in a finite set D subset Z, for every Borwein polynomial of degree at most 9 we determine whether it divides any Littlewood or Newman polynomial. In particular, we show that every Borwein polynomial of degree at most 8 which divides some Newman polynomial divides some Littlewood polynomial as well. In addition to this, for every Newman polynomial of degree at most 11, we check whether it has a Littlewood multiple, extending the previous results of Borwein, Hare, Mossinghoff, Dubickas and Jankauskas.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1523
Number of pages1541
JournalMathematics of computation
Volume87
Issue number311
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Borwein polynomials
  • Littlewood polynomials
  • Newman
  • Pisot numbers
  • Salem Numbers
  • Mahler's measure
  • Polynomials of small height

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