Ternary cyclotomic polynomials having a large coefficient

Abstract: Let

P h i_{n} (x)

denote the

n

th cyclotomic polynomial. In 1968 Sister Marion Beiter conjectured that

a_{n} (k)

, the coefficient of

x^{k}

in

P h i_{n} (x)

, satisfies

| a_{n} (k) | l e (p + 1) / 2

in case

n = p q r

with

p < q < r

primes (in this case

P h i_{n} (x)

is said to be ternary). Since then several results towards establishing her conjecture have been proved (for example

| a_{n} (k) | l e 3 p / 4

). Here we show that, nevertheless, Beiter's conjecture is false for every

p g e 11

. We also prove that given any

e p s i l o n > 0

there exist infinitely many triples

(p_{j}, q_{j}, r_{j})

with

p_{1} < p_{2} < ...

consecutive primes such that

| a_{p_{j} q_{j} r_{j}} (n_{j}) | > (2 / 3 - e p s i l o n) p_{j}

for

j g e 1

.

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