On sums of powers of zeros of polynomials

Due to Girard's (sometimes called Waring's) formula the sum of the $r-$th power of the zeros of every one variable polynomial of degree $N$, $P_{N}(x)$, can be given explicitly in terms of the coefficients of the monic ${\tilde P}_{N}(x)$ polynomial. This formula is closely related to a known \par \noindent $N-1$ variable generalization of Chebyshev's polynomials of the first kind, $T_{r}^{(N-1)}$. The generating function of these power sums (or moments) is known to involve the logarithmic derivative of the considered polynomial. This entails a simple formula for the Stieltjes transform of the distribution of zeros. Perron-Stieltjes inversion can be used to find this distribution, {\it e.g.} for $N\to \infty$.\par Classical orthogonal polynomials are taken as examples. The results for ordinary Chebyshev $T_{N}(x)$ and $U_{N}(x)$ polynomials are presented in detail. This will correct a statement about power sums of zeros of Chebyshev's $T-$polynomials found in the literature. For the various cases (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite) these moment generating functions provide solutions to certain Riccati equations

On the Equivalence of Three Complete Cyclic Systems of Integers

The system of coaches by Hilton and Pedersen, the system of cyclic sequences of Schick, and Braendli-Bayne, related to diagonals in regular (2 n)-gons, and the system of modified modular doubling sequences elaborated in this paper are proved to be equivalent. The latter system employs the modified modular equivalence used by Braendli-Bayne. A sequence of Euler tours related on Schick's cycles of diagonals is also presented.Comment: 25 pages with 5 figures and 2 table

Cantor's List of Real Algebraic Numbers of Heights 1 to 7

Cantor gave in his fundamental article an elegant proof of the countability of real algebraic numbers based on a positive integer height, denoted by him as N, of integer and irreducible polynomials of given degree (denoted by him as n) with relative prime coefficients. The finite number of real algebraic numbers with given height he called phi(N), and gave the first three instances.\pn Here we give a systematic list for the real algebraic numbers of height, which we denote by n, for n from 1 to 7 and polynomials of degree k.Comment: 13 pages, 9 table

The Measure of the Orthogonal Polynomials Related to Fibonacci Chains: The Periodic Case

The spectral measure for the two families of orthogonal polynomial systems related to periodic chains with N-particle elementary unit and nearest neighbour harmonic interaction is computed using two different methods. The interest is in the orthogonal polynomials related to Fibonacci chains in the periodic approximation. The relation of the measure to appropriately defined Green's functions is established.Comment: 19 pages, TeX, 3 scanned figures, uuencoded file, original figures on request, some misprints corrected, tbp: J. Phys.