Dubickas–Sha squarefree distance-two conjecture for integer polynomials

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Let f(x)∈Z[x]f(x)\in\mathbb{Z}[x] have degree n≥0n\geq 0. A polynomial is squarefree if it is not divisible by the square of an irreducible polynomial over Q\mathbb{Q}. Define L(f−g)=∑j=0n∣bj−aj∣L(f-g)=\sum_{j=0}^{n}|b_j-a_j| when f(x)=∑j=0najxjf(x)=\sum_{j=0}^{n}a_jx^j and g(x)=∑j=0nbjxjg(x)=\sum_{j=0}^{n}b_jx^j. Dubickas–Sha squarefree distance-two conjecture. There is a squarefree polynomial g(x)∈Z[x]g(x)\in\mathbb{Z}[x] of degree at most nn satisfying

L(f−g)≤2.L(f-g)\leq 2.

This conjecture is the squarefree-polynomial variant investigated by Dubickas and Sha. The supplied text does not state whether it has been resolved.

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Michael Filaseta and Richard A. Moy, “The Distance to a Squarefree Polynomial Over F_2[x]”, arXiv:1906.07904 (2019).

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