Conjecture on the roots of the polynomials alpha_l and beta_l

Let αl(m)\alpha_l(m) and βl(m)\beta_l(m) be the integer-coefficient polynomials whose existence is asserted by the preceding theorem, characterized by

dl(m)=1l!m!2m+l(αl(m)k=1m(4k1)βl(m)k=1m(4k+1)).d_l(m)=\frac{1}{l!m!2^{m+l}}\left(\alpha_l(m)\prod_{k=1}^{m}(4k-1)-\beta_l(m)\prod_{k=1}^{m}(4k+1)\right).

Root-location conjecture. All the roots of the polynomials αl(m)\alpha_l(m) and βl(m)\beta_l(m) lie on the line Re(m)=1/2\operatorname{Re}(m)=-1/2. This conjecture is based on extensive numerical calculations; no resolution is supplied here.

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G. Boros, V. Moll and J. Shallit, “The 2-adic valuation of the coefficients of a polynomial”, arXiv:math/0308072 (2003).

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