Semi-specializability of Chebyshev polynomial products for multiples of four

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Let Tm(x)T_m(x) denote the Chebyshev polynomial of index mm, and let ℓ\ell be a non-zero multiple of 44. Consider

∏n=0∞(1+1Tℓn(x)).\prod_{n=0}^{\infty}\left(1+\frac{1}{T_{\ell^n}(x)}\right).

A continued fraction is semi-specializable if it has the partial specialization property defined in the paper, without necessarily being fully specializable. Chebyshev product conjecture. The product has a semi-specializable continued fraction expansion. The preceding discussion observes semi-specializability for ℓ≡0(mod4)\ell\equiv0\pmod 4 but does not establish it; the claim concerns the anticipated general pattern for these Chebyshev products.

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Henry Cohn, “Symmetry and specializability in continued fractions”, arXiv:math/0008221 (2000).

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