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2022/100/3-4 (15) — DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2022.9261 — pp. 487-494

Indecomposability of linear combinations of Bernoulli polynomials

Authors: Ákos Pintér and Csaba Rakaczki

Abstract:

In this manuscript, the authors prove the following: for an odd integer $n\geq 3$, and integers $a_n, a_{n-2}, a_{n-4},\ldots ,a_3,a_1$ such that $4\nmid a_n$, the polynomial $$ a_nB_n(x)+a_{n-2}B_{n-2}(x)+\cdots +a_3B_3(x)+a_1B_1(x), $$ where $B_n(x)$ stands for the $n$-th Bernoulli polynomial, is indecomposable over the field of complex numbers.

Keywords: Bernoulli polynomials, polynomial decomposability

Mathematics Subject Classification: 11B83, 11B68