Odd-power symmetric sum conjecture

Let mNm\in\mathbb{N} and let xx be a positive integer. The coefficients Am,0,Am,1,,Am,m{\mathbf{A}}_{m,0}, {\mathbf{A}}_{m,1},\ldots,{\mathbf{A}}_{m,m} are constants independent of xx and kk. Odd-power symmetric sum conjecture. For every mNm\in\mathbb{N}, there exist coefficients Am,0,Am,1,,Am,m{\mathbf{A}}_{m,0}, {\mathbf{A}}_{m,1},\ldots,{\mathbf{A}}_{m,m} such that

x2m+1=k=1x(Am,0k0(xk)0+Am,1(xk)1+Am,2k2(xk)2++Am,mkm(xk)m).x^{2m+1}=\sum_{k=1}^{x}\left({\mathbf{A}}_{m,0}k^0(x-k)^0+{\mathbf{A}}_{m,1}(x-k)^1+{\mathbf{A}}_{m,2}k^2(x-k)^2+\cdots+{\mathbf{A}}_{m,m}k^m(x-k)^m\right).

The claim proposes a generalization of the displayed decomposition of x3x^3 as a sum of symmetric terms involving kk and xkx-k. The source does not provide a resolution or further conditions on the coefficients, so its status remains open.

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Primary source

Petro Kolosov, “An unusual identity for odd-powers”, arXiv:2101.00227 (2021).

Additional references

4 papers in this index state this conjecture (2015–2021). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1909.07269, arXiv:1712.08666, arXiv:1504.05482.

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