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A085638
Resultant of the polynomial x^n-1 and the Hermite polynomial H_n(x).
0
2, 4, -1216, 2310400, -13094125568, 41787366322733056, 609452979875950622670848, 150142808011575068721319772160000, -7129771654003819760990676428837143372103680, 114629197516562460020595757143135575237521247385419776
OFFSET
1,1
PROG
(PARI) Hnmin2 = 1; Hnmin1 = 2*x; print1(polresultant(x - 1, Hnmin1), ", "); for (n = 2, 12, H = 2*x*Hnmin1 - 2*(n - 1)*Hnmin2; print1(polresultant(x^n - 1, H), ", "); Hnmin2 = Hnmin1; Hnmin1 = H); \\ David Wasserman, Feb 08 2005
(PARI) a(n) = polresultant(x^n-1, polhermite(n)); \\ Michel Marcus, Apr 13 2020
CROSSREFS
Cf. A060821 (Hermite polynomial), A086840.
Sequence in context: A045647 A219452 A102064 * A134718 A328313 A048829
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Yuval Dekel (dekelyuval(AT)hotmail.com), Aug 15 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from David Wasserman, Feb 08 2005
STATUS
approved