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A124932 → reverse → D

nonnegative coefficientsonly rational roots

Proved for all n all roots real, in (−∞, 0]coefficients of one signHadamard kernel

Recurrence

\(P_{n}(x) = \left(-1 - 4\,x - 6\,x^{2} - 4\,x^{3} - x^{4}\right)\,P_{n-4}(x) + \left(4 + 12\,x + 12\,x^{2} + 4\,x^{3}\right)\,P_{n-3}(x) + \left(-6 - 12\,x - 6\,x^{2}\right)\,P_{n-2}(x) + \left(4 + 4\,x\right)\,P_{n-1}(x)\)
\(P_{0}(x) = 0\)
\(P_{1}(x) = 2\)
\(P_{2}(x) = 9 + 6\,x\)
\(P_{3}(x) = 24 + 36\,x + 12\,x^{2}\)

Rows ?

nx0x1x2x3x4x5x6Pn(1)
00
122
29615
324361272
4501209020280
59030036018030960
61476301050840315423024
72241176252028001680504568960

All 15 rows

Technical details
Node id
n-04aed1ba138cb459 · revision 0 · JSON
Definition source
derived:derivative
Fingerprint
f6-72ae8e6419635e63

Observed on the stored rows ?

  • Degrees: -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (affine: slope 1, intercept -1)
  • Palindromic rows: no
  • γ-positive (gamma_positive): no
  • Nonnegative coefficients (nonn): yes
  • Only rational roots (rr_by_factors: every nonzero row is a product of linear factors over ℚ): yes

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Submission text ?

Atlas rows n = 0, …, ascending powers of x
%e Example
Triangle begins:
  0:   0;
  1:   2;
  2:   9,    6;
  3:  24,   36,    12;
  4:  50,  120,    90,    20;
  5:  90,  300,   360,   180,    30;
  6: 147,  630,  1050,   840,   315,    42;
  7: 224, 1176,  2520,  2800,  1680,   504,   56;
  8: 324, 2016,  5292,  7560,  6300,  3024,  756,   72;
  9: 450, 3240, 10080, 17640, 18900, 12600, 5040, 1080, 90;
%F Formula
The row polynomials satisfy P(n,x) = -(1+4*x+6*x^2+4*x^3+x^4)*P(n-4,x) + (4+12*x+12*x^2+4*x^3)*P(n-3,x) - (6+12*x+6*x^2)*P(n-2,x) + (4+4*x)*P(n-1,x) for n >= 4, with P(0,x) = 0, P(1,x) = 2, P(2,x) = 9 + 6*x, P(3,x) = 24 + 36*x + 12*x^2.
%t Mathematica
P[0, x_] := 0;
P[1, x_] := 2;
P[2, x_] := 9 + 6*x;
P[3, x_] := 24 + 36*x + 12*x^2;
P[n_, x_] := P[n, x] = Expand[-(1 + 4*x + 6*x^2 + 4*x^3 + x^4)*P[n - 4, x] + (4 + 12*x + 12*x^2 + 4*x^3)*P[n - 3, x] - (6 + 12*x + 6*x^2)*P[n - 2, x] + (4 + 4*x)*P[n - 1, x]];
Table[CoefficientList[P[n, x], x], {n, 0, 9}] // Flatten
%o PARI/GP
P(N) = {my(v = vector(N + 1)); v[1] = 0; v[2] = 2; v[3] = 9 + 6*x; v[4] = 24 + 36*x + 12*x^2; for(n = 4, N, my(i = n + 1); v[i] = -(1 + 4*x + 6*x^2 + 4*x^3 + x^4)*v[i - 4] + (4 + 12*x + 12*x^2 + 4*x^3)*v[i - 3] - (6 + 12*x + 6*x^2)*v[i - 2] + (4 + 4*x)*v[i - 1]); v};
row(n, p) = {my(c = Vecrev(p)); c};
T(N) = {my(v = P(N)); concat(vector(#v, i, row(i - 1, v[i])))};
T(9)

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Properties

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References

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