Conjecture on common roots of Ramanujan-type polynomials and roots of unity

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Let pp be a prime number and kk a natural number. Consider the Ramanujan-type polynomial R2k+1,p(z)\mathfrak{R}_{2k+1,p}(z) and the polynomial (pz)2k−1(pz)^{2k}-1.

Common-root conjecture. If 2∣k2\mid k, then the only common roots of R2k+1,p(z)\mathfrak{R}_{2k+1,p}(z) and (pz)2k−1(pz)^{2k}-1 are z=±i/pz=\pm i/p; if 2∤k2\nmid k, then the two polynomials have no common roots. This conjecture describes precisely which zeros of the Ramanujan-type polynomial can also be 2k2kth roots of unity after rescaling. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the assertion remains open.

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Shashi Chourasiya, Md Kashif Jamal and Bibekananda Maji, “A new Ramanujan-type identity for L(2k+1,χ_1)”, arXiv:2112.09322 (2021).

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