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My favourite polynomial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2021

Desmond MacHale*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University College, Cork, Ireland

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Ever since I was a schoolboy, my favourite polynomial has been

It is a wonderful polynomial, with lots of beautiful and useful properties which, alas, do not seem to be known to the present generation of mathematical students. To remedy this, we collect together some of the known properties of this polynomial and present some additional properties which appear to be new.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1991

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