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A114536
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Let the height of a polynomial be the largest coefficient in absolute value. Then a(n) is the maximal height of a divisor of x^n-1 with integral coefficients.
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1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 12, 1, 1, 3, 2, 5, 4, 1, 2, 3, 5, 1, 12, 1, 4, 5, 2, 1, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 5, 7, 3, 2, 1, 54, 1, 2, 7, 1, 5, 12, 1, 4, 3, 32, 1, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 1, 7, 1, 2, 1, 55, 5, 2, 3, 8, 1, 58, 7, 4, 3, 2, 5, 6, 1, 2, 9, 4, 1, 12
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OFFSET
| 1,6
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REFERENCES
| Carl Pomerance and Nathan C. Ryan, "The maximal height of divisors of x^n-1." (To appear in Illinois Journal of Mathematics)
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LINKS
| Felipe Garcia H., Research.
Nathan C. Ryan, Research.
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FORMULA
| a(n)=1 iff n=1 or n=p^k where p is a prime and k is a positive integer; a(pq)=min{p,q} where p and q are distinct primes.
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EXAMPLE
| a(6)=2 since (x+1)(x^2+x+1)=x^3+2x^2+2x+1 divides x^6-1 and no other divisor has a greater height.
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MATHEMATICA
| cyc[n_] := cyc[n] = Cyclotomic[n, x]; f[n_] := Block[{sd = Rest@ Subsets@ Divisors@ n, lst = {}, lmt = 2^DivisorSigma[0, n]}, For[i = 1, i < lmt, i++, AppendTo[lst, Max@ Abs@ CoefficientList[ Expand[ Times @@ (cyc[ # ] & /@ sd[[i]])], x]]]; Max@lst]; Array[f, 102] (* Robert G. Wilson v *)
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CROSSREFS
| Cf. A117215 (number of divisors of x^n-1 having the maximal height).
Sequence in context: A025865 A085091 A052128 * A138010 A167204 A104306
Adjacent sequences: A114533 A114534 A114535 * A114537 A114538 A114539
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KEYWORD
| nonn,nice
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AUTHOR
| Felipe Garcia (fgarciah(AT)ucla.edu), Feb 15 2006
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EXTENSIONS
| Edited and extended by Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(at)rgwv.com), Mar 01 2006
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