Value-distribution conjecture for cyclotomic polynomial coefficients

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Let an(k)a_n(k) denote the coefficient of xkx^k in the cyclotomic polynomial of order nn, let δ(an(k)=v)\delta(a_n(k)=v) denote the density of integers nn for which this coefficient equals vv, and let B(k)B(k) be the relevant coefficient bound. Value-distribution conjecture. For every k≥1k\ge1,

δ(an(k)=1)≥δ(an(k)=−1).\delta(a_n(k)=1)\ge\delta(a_n(k)=-1).

If kk is odd, B(k)≥2B(k)\ge2, and both δ(an(k)=B(k))\delta(a_n(k)=B(k)) and δ(an(k)=−B(k))\delta(a_n(k)=-B(k)) are non-zero, then

δ(an(k)=B(k))=2δ(an(k)=−B(k)).\delta(a_n(k)=B(k))=2\delta(a_n(k)=-B(k)).

These assertions are based on the paper's numerical results; the source presents them as a conjecture and does not give a proof or resolution.

References

Primary source

Pieter Moree and Huib Hommersom, “Value distribution of Ramanujan sums and of cyclotomic polynomial coefficients”, arXiv:math/0307352 (2003).

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