Triangle T(n, k) read by rows: Row n gives the coefficients of the even powers in Product_{t=1..n}(2*x - (2*t - 1))*Product_{t=1..n}(2*x + (2*t - 1)).

A380570 (tail) ↗ only rational roots

Proved for all n all roots real, in [0, ∞)alternating coefficient signsinterlacing (weak)

Recurrence from A380570

\(P_{n}(x) = \left(4 - x - 4\,n x - 4\,n^{2} x\right)\,P_{n-1}(x)\)
\(P_{1}(x) = 16 - 40\,x + 9\,x^{2}\)

Rows ?

nx0x1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8x9Pn(1)
116-409-15
264-5601036-225315
3256-537631584-5166411025-14175
41024-42240561792-27649604228884-8930251091475
54096-2928647358208-79036672351475696-515267064108056025-127702575
616384-186368078926848-155968384014763100352-6146046088087512357916-1826146822521070924875
765536-11141120735035392-23997276160409981265408-356753942272014178653129664-197633264040004108830350625-4656674397375
8262144-635043846159925248-3084143329288575137871872-1327547433937921087733505684736-41766840600888965728036652158500-11874519713306251327152203251875
Technical details
Node id
n-682c4fc0ca883d5a · revision 0 · JSON
Definition source
oeis_catalog:A380570
Fingerprint
f6-e501998dc2c96ec8

Observed on the stored rows ?

  • Degrees: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (affine: slope 1, intercept 1)
  • Palindromic rows: no
  • γ-positive (gamma_positive): no
  • Nonnegative coefficients (nonn): no
  • Only rational roots (rr_by_factors: every nonzero row is a product of linear factors over ℚ): yes

Matches ?

Row sums ? A380612

Submission text ?

Atlas rows n = 1, …, ascending powers of x
%e Example
Triangle begins:
   1:      16,         -40,            9;
   2:      64,        -560,         1036,            -225;
   3:     256,       -5376,        31584,          -51664,            11025;
   4:    1024,      -42240,       561792,        -2764960,          4228884,            -893025;
   5:    4096,     -292864,      7358208,       -79036672,        351475696,         -515267064,           108056025;
   6:   16384,    -1863680,     78926848,     -1559683840,      14763100352,       -61460460880,         87512357916,          -18261468225;
   7:   65536,   -11141120,    735035392,    -23997276160,     409981265408,     -3567539422720,      14178653129664,       -19763326404000,         4108830350625;
   8:  262144,   -63504384,   6159925248,   -308414332928,    8575137871872,   -132754743393792,    1087733505684736,     -4176684060088896,      5728036652158500,      -1187451971330625;
   9: 1048576,  -348651520,  47564783616,  -3457390346240,  145638125674496,  -3626643745320960,   52275396387897856,   -409378531792545280,   1530695092300725456,   -2072571039314541000,    428670161650355625;
  10: 4194304, -1857028096, 344014454784, -34805630959616, 2107261645389824, -78732988403736576, 1808451477238134784, -24690963934233135616, 186658712889715370304, -683326819861878090096, 915718508984314003500, -189043541287806830625;
%F Formula
The row polynomials satisfy P(n,x) = (4-(4*n^2+4*n+1)*x)*P(n-1,x) for n >= 2, with P(1,x) = 16 - 40*x + 9*x^2.
%t Mathematica
P[1, x_] := 16 - 40*x + 9*x^2;
P[n_, x_] := P[n, x] = Expand[(4 - (4*n^2 + 4*n + 1)*x)*P[n - 1, x]];
Table[CoefficientList[P[n, x], x], {n, 1, 10}] // Flatten
%o PARI/GP
P(N) = {my(v = vector(N)); v[1] = 16 - 40*x + 9*x^2; for(n = 2, N, my(i = n); v[i] = (4 - (4*n^2 + 4*n + 1)*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, v[i])))};
T(10)

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Properties

Proof chains ? JSON

References

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  2. [Bra15] Petter Brändén. Unimodality, log-concavity, real-rootedness and beyond. Handbook of enumerative combinatorics, :437–483, March 2015. doi:10.1201/b18255-10
  3. [SP14] J Schur and G Polya. Über zwei Arten von Faktorenfolgen in der Theorie der algebraischen Gleichungen. J. Reine Angew. Math., 1914.