Cyclotomic nondivisibility conjecture for binary-partition numerators

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Let B(n)\mathcal B(n) be the set of binary partitions of nn, and let numB(n,x)\mathrm{num}_{\mathcal B}(n,x) be the associated numerator polynomial. Binary-partition nondivisibility conjecture. For every n2n\geq 2 and every integer ii satisfying 2in2^i\leq n,

1+x2inumB(n,x).1+x^{2^i}\nmid \mathrm{num}_{\mathcal B}(n,x).

The paper gives evidence for this conjecture, which remains open.

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Cristina Ballantine, George Beck, Brooke Feigon and Kathrin Maurischat, “Reciprocals of Subsum Polynomials”, arXiv:2605.10512 (2026).

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