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An inequality on Chebyshev polynomials

2003/01/20 by Igor Rivin, Rivin, Igor
Mathematics · #41A63 #42C05 #Advanced Mathematical Identities #Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA) #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #Mathematical functions and polynomials #math.CA #math.CO #msc:41A63 #msc:42C05

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0301210

arxiv created 2003/01/20 · openalex publication_date 2003/01/20 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We define a class of multivariate Laurent polynomials closely related to Chebyshev polynomials, and prove the simple but somewhat surprising (in view of the fact that the signs of the coefficients of the Chebyshev polynomials themselves alternate) result that their coefficients are non-negative.

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