Uniqueness conjecture for powers of one minus cosine

Let a trigonometric polynomial of order nn mean an object in the class used by the paper, and let condition (5.59) be the condition referred to in the source. Define

Pn(θ)=(1cosθ)n.P_n(\theta)=(1-\cos\theta)^n.

Uniqueness conjecture. Pn(θ)P_n(\theta) is the only trigonometric polynomial of order nn satisfying (5.59). The claim proposes uniqueness within that class, beyond the explicitly verified low-order cases mentioned in the surrounding discussion.

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Zhihua Du, “Sum rules and Simon spectral gem problem on higher order Szegő theorems”, arXiv:2312.01323 (2023).

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