Prime-divisor conjecture for the double-discriminant constant

Let cn,kc_{n,k} denote the outlying constant, equivalently the greatest common divisor of the coefficients of DDn,kDD_{n,k}, and let νp\nu_p be the pp-adic valuation. The conjecture concerns its prime divisors and valuations.

Double-discriminant constant conjecture. The following hold:

  1. For k>0k>0, cn,kc_{n,k} has the same prime divisors as 2gcd⁡(k,n)2\gcd(k,n), while
cn,0=24⌊(n−1)/2⌋.c_{n,0}=2^{4\left\lfloor (n-1)/2\right\rfloor}.
  1. ν2(cn,k)≥4⌊n−12⌋\nu_2(c_{n,k})\geq 4\left\lfloor\frac{n-1}{2}\right\rfloor, with equality when k=0k=0.
  2. For all nn, kk, and pp, νp(cn,k)\nu_p(c_{n,k}) is a multiple of 2p2p.

These patterns are inferred from computations and compressed-polynomial experiments; for n>6n>6, the tabulated constants are explicitly described as uncertain upper bounds. Thus the proposed complete description remains open.

References

Primary source

Theresa C. Anderson, Ufuoma V. Asarhasa, Adam Bertelli, Fabian Gundlach and Evan M. O'Dorney, “The structure of the double discriminant”, arXiv:2507.16138 (2025).

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