Gaps in binary cyclotomic polynomials

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Main Authors: Cafure, Antonio, Cesaratto, Eda
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author Cafure, Antonio
Cesaratto, Eda
author_facet Cafure, Antonio
Cesaratto, Eda
contents For odd prime numbers $p < q$, let $Φ_{pq} \in \mathbb{Z}[X]$ be the binary cyclotomic polynomial of order $pq$. In this paper, we prove that the second gap of $Φ_{pq}$ is the maximum of $r-1$ and $p-r-1$, where $r$ is the remainder of $q$ divided by $p$. For $q$ congruent to $\pm 1$ modulo $p$, we determine the number of gaps for each possible length. To obtain these results, we develop a new approach in which the coefficients of $Φ_{pq}$ are described as concatenations of words arising from iterations of a circular map.
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spellingShingle Gaps in binary cyclotomic polynomials
Cafure, Antonio
Cesaratto, Eda
Number Theory
11C08 11B83 68R15
For odd prime numbers $p < q$, let $Φ_{pq} \in \mathbb{Z}[X]$ be the binary cyclotomic polynomial of order $pq$. In this paper, we prove that the second gap of $Φ_{pq}$ is the maximum of $r-1$ and $p-r-1$, where $r$ is the remainder of $q$ divided by $p$. For $q$ congruent to $\pm 1$ modulo $p$, we determine the number of gaps for each possible length. To obtain these results, we develop a new approach in which the coefficients of $Φ_{pq}$ are described as concatenations of words arising from iterations of a circular map.
title Gaps in binary cyclotomic polynomials
topic Number Theory
11C08 11B83 68R15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19381