shifted_legendre

Proved for all n: all roots real, in (0, 1) · interlacing · alternating coefficient signs what this means

Recurrence
\(\left(n\right)\,P_{n}(x) = \left(1 - 2\,x - 2\,n + 4\,n x\right)\,P_{n-1}(x) + \left(1 - n\right)\,P_{n-2}(x)\)
\(P_{1}(x) = -1 + 2\,x\)
\(P_{2}(x) = 1 - 6\,x + 6\,x^{2}\)

Rows ?

nx0x1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8x9x10x11x12x13x14x15Pn(1)
1-121
21-661
3-112-30201
41-2090-140701
5-130-210560-6302521
61-42420-16803150-27729241
7-156-7564200-1155016632-1201234321
81-721260-924034650-7207284084-51480128701
9-190-198018480-90090252252-420420411840-218790486201
101-1102970-34320210210-7567561681680-23337601969110-9237801847561
11-1132-429060060-4504502018016-571771210501920-124710309237800-38798767054321
121-1566006-100100900900-490089617153136-3990729662355150-6466460042678636-1622493627041561
13-1182-8190160160-170170011027016-46558512133024320-261891630355655300-327202876194699232-67603900104006001
141-21010920-2475203063060-23279256116396280-399072960960269310-16360143801963217256-1622493600878850700-280816200401166001
15-1240-14280371280-529074046558512-2715913201097450640-31551705906544057520-981608628010546208400-79096563003931426800-11633814001551175201

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Technical details
Node id
n-b835ff4ca4ba76ba · revision 1 · JSON
polytool family
shifted_legendre
Definition source
named_family:shifted_legendre
Fingerprint
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Observed on the stored rows ?

  • Degrees: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 (affine: slope 1, intercept 0)
  • 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): no

OEIS matches ?

No OEIS matches.

OEIS submission text ?

Fields to paste into an OEIS submission: the example %e, the formula %F and programs %t (Mathematica) and %o (PARI/GP) that list the same rows. For an OEIS link the row numbers, the offset and the orientation are those of the entry, as matched; the matched terms were compared with the published ones, which identifies the node with the entry on a finite prefix, not for every n. The PARI/GP program is not machine-checked here.

The atlas's own rows: n = 1, …, ascending powers of x
%e Example
Triangle begins:
   1: -1,    2;
   2:  1,   -6,     6;
   3: -1,   12,   -30,     20;
   4:  1,  -20,    90,   -140,     70;
   5: -1,   30,  -210,    560,   -630,     252;
   6:  1,  -42,   420,  -1680,   3150,   -2772,     924;
   7: -1,   56,  -756,   4200, -11550,   16632,  -12012,     3432;
   8:  1,  -72,  1260,  -9240,  34650,  -72072,   84084,   -51480,   12870;
   9: -1,   90, -1980,  18480, -90090,  252252, -420420,   411840, -218790,   48620;
  10:  1, -110,  2970, -34320, 210210, -756756, 1681680, -2333760, 1969110, -923780, 184756;
%F Formula
The row polynomials satisfy n*P(n,x) = -(2*n-1-(4*n-2)*x)*P(n-1,x) - (n-1)*P(n-2,x) for n >= 3, with P(1,x) = -1 + 2*x, P(2,x) = 1 - 6*x + 6*x^2.
%t Mathematica
P[1, x_] := -1 + 2*x;
P[2, x_] := 1 - 6*x + 6*x^2;
P[n_, x_] := P[n, x] = Expand[Together[(-(2*n - 1 - (4*n - 2)*x)*P[n - 1, x] - (n - 1)*P[n - 2, x])/(n)]];
Table[CoefficientList[P[n, x], x], {n, 1, 10}] // Flatten
%o PARI/GP
P(N) = {my(v = vector(N)); v[1] = -1 + 2*x; v[2] = 1 - 6*x + 6*x^2; for(n = 3, N, my(i = n); v[i] = (-(2*n - 1 - (4*n - 2)*x)*v[i - 1] - (n - 1)*v[i - 2])/(n)); 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)

Generated with polytool c48629374597.

Proved properties

  • Real-rooted. Every row P_n, n >= 1, is zero or real-rooted with all roots in (-inf, +inf)
    Every polynomial of the sequence has only real roots, inside the stated interval.
    by the cited steps: e-b8dd03e52ce06706
  • Interlacing of consecutive rows. Rows P_(m-1), P_m interlace (strict, previous interlaces next) for every m >= 2
    The roots of consecutive polynomials alternate on the real line.
    by the cited steps: e-8b7097919aa29e45, e-b8dd03e52ce06706
  • Real-rooted. Every row P_n, n >= 1, is zero or real-rooted with all roots in (0, 1)
    Every polynomial of the sequence has only real roots, inside the stated interval.
    by the cited steps: e-8b7097919aa29e45
  • Coefficients of one sign. Every nonzero row, n >= 1: the coefficients of P_n(-x) have one sign
    All coefficients of each polynomial have the same sign (after x -> -x when alternating).
    derived from the cited steps by a stated theorem: e-8b7097919aa29e45

Proof chains

2 incoming proof steps. Each step is expanded back to the roots of the proof DAG, the theorem checks of a node's own rule. JSON

No candidate equalities or related sequences.

References

  1. [Fav35] Jean Favard. Sur les polynômes de tchebicheff. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 200:2052–2053, 1935.
  2. [Sze39] G. Szegő. Orthogonal Polynomials. Colloquium publications, American Mathematical Society, 1939. doi:10.1090/coll/023