The unfair 0-1-polynomial conjecture
Let be discrete independent random variables with finite support in the natural numbers, and suppose that is uniform on its support. Equivalently, let be a product of monic polynomials with nonnegative real coefficients, where every coefficient of is either or . The unfair 0-1-polynomial conjecture. The random variables and are uniform on their respective supports; equivalently, every coefficient of and belongs to . This is the problem of whether unfairly weighted dice can have a uniformly distributed sum, or equivalently whether a 0-1-polynomial can have a factorization into monic polynomials with nonnegative real coefficients that are not both 0-1-polynomials. The paper studies a first infinite family of cases, but the general problem remains open.
References
Primary source
Luca Ghidelli, “Progress on the unfair 0-1-polynomials conjecture using linear recurrences and numerical analysis”, arXiv:2209.09843 (2022).
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