Prime cyclotomic factor conjecture for unimodal generating functions
Prime cyclotomic factor conjecture for unimodal generating functions
Let denote the monoid of cyclotomic generating functions that are unimodal, and let denote the th cyclotomic polynomial for a prime . Prime cyclotomic factor conjecture. Every nontrivial element has a cyclotomic factor of the form for some prime .
This is proposed as an analogue of the corresponding factorization property for positive cyclotomic generating functions, motivated by the apparent smoothing effect of multiplication by . It had been checked computationally through degree at the time of writing, but no general proof is given.
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Sara C. Billey and Joshua P. Swanson, “Cyclotomic generating functions”, arXiv:2305.07620 (2024).
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