Generalized Lehmer conjecture for Hecke polynomial coefficients

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Fix integers m≥1m\geq 1 and r≥1r\geq 1. Let Tm(N,k)(x)T_m(N,k)(x) be the Hecke polynomial, with its rr-th coefficient understood in the source's indexing. Generalized Lehmer conjecture for Hecke polynomial coefficients. The rr-th coefficient of Tm(N,k)(x)T_m(N,k)(x) is nonvanishing for every N≥1N\geq 1 coprime to mm and every even kk satisfying

k=12rork≥12r+4.k=12r\quad\text{or}\quad k\geq 12r+4.

This conjecture simultaneously extends the generalized Lehmer conjecture for Hecke traces and Clayton et al.'s level-one coefficient conjecture. The paper reports verification in all but finitely many cases, while the asserted uniform nonvanishing remains open.

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Erick Ross and Hui Xue, “Asymptotics and sign patterns of Hecke polynomial coefficients”, arXiv:2410.12008 (2025).

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