The irreducibility conjecture for normalized cusp polynomials

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Define

Pd(t;q):={NHd(t;q),d even,NHd(t;q)/(1+qdt),d odd.P_d(t;q):= \begin{cases} \mathit{NH}_d(t;q),&d\text{ even},\\ \mathit{NH}_d(t;q)/(1+q^d t),&d\text{ odd}. \end{cases}

Let Φr(q)\Phi_r(q) denote the cyclotomic polynomial of order rr. The normalized cusp-polynomial irreducibility conjecture. The polynomial Pd(t;q)P_d(t;q) lies in Z[t,q]\mathbb{Z}[t,q], has nonnegative coefficients, and is irreducible or equal to 11. For every integer m1m\ne-1, Pd(m;q)P_d(m;q) is irreducible in Z[q]\mathbb{Z}[q]. Finally,

Pd(1;q)=Id(q)1rd odd˚Φr(q)d+r12r,P_d(-1;q)=I_d(q)\prod_{\substack{1\leq r\leq d\r\text{ odd}}}\Phi_r(q)^{\left\lfloor\frac{d+r-1}{2r}\right\rfloor},

where Id(q)I_d(q) is irreducible in Z[q]\mathbb{Z}[q].

The factorization pattern was verified computationally for d30d\leq 30 and selected values of tt, but the general assertions remain open.

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Primary source

Yifeng Huang and Ruofan Jiang, “Punctual Quot schemes and Cohen–Lenstra series of the cusp singularity”, arXiv:2305.06411 (2023).

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