Reversal-multiplication polynomiality conjecture

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Let AA be a positive integer and let A∗A^{*} denote its reversal. A pair (A,A∗)(A,A^{*}) is polynomial if the multiplication A×A∗A \times A^{*} can be performed without carry, and A×A∗A \times A^{*} is a palindrome when it equals its reversal. Reversal-multiplication conjecture. If A×A∗A \times A^{*} is a palindrome, then (A,A∗)(A,A^{*}) is a polynomial pair.

Polynomial pairs (A,A∗)(A,A^{*}) are known to produce palindromic products, and the converse is suggested by computations involving the corresponding reversal-multiplication sequence. The conjecture concerns whether every palindromic product arising from reversal multiplication is carry-free.

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Martianus Frederic Ezerman, Bertrand Meyer and Patrick Sole, “On Polynomial Pairs of Integers”, arXiv:1210.7593 (2014).

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