On the derivatives of the integer-valued polynomials

Abstract: In this paper, we study the derivatives of an integer-valued polynomial of a given degree. Denoting by

E_{n}

the set of the integer-valued polynomials with degree

l e q n

, we show that the smallest positive integer

c_{n}

satisfying the property:

f o r a l l P i n E_{n}, c_{n} P^{'} i n E_{n}

is

c_{n} = m a t h r m l c m (1, 2, d o t s, n)

. As an application, we deduce an easy proof of the well-known inequality

m a t h r m l c m (1, 2, d o t s, n) g e q 2^{n - 1}

(

f o r a l l n g e q 1

). In the second part of the paper, we generalize our result for the derivative of a given order

k

and then we give two divisibility properties for the obtained numbers

c_{n, k}

(generalizing the

c_{n}

's). Leaning on this study, we conclude the paper by determining, for a given natural number

n

, the smallest positive integer

l a m b d a_{n}

satisfying the property:

f o r a l l P i n E_{n}

,

f o r a l l k i n m a t h b b N

:

l a m b d a_{n} P^{(k)} i n E_{n}

. In particular, we show that:

l a m b d a_{n} = p r o d_{p e x t p r i m e} p^{l f l o o r f r a c n p f l o o r}

(

f o r a l l n i n m a t h b b N

).

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