On some polynomials and series of Bloch-Pólya type

Abstract: We will show that

(1 - q) (1 - q^{2}) d o t s (1 - q^{m})

is a polynomial in

q

with coefficients from

- 1, 0, 1

iff

m = 1, 2, 3,

or

5

and explore some interesting consequences of this result. We find explicit formulas for the

q

-series coefficients of

(1 - q^{2}) (1 - q^{3}) (1 - q^{4}) (1 - q^{5}) d o t s

and

(1 - q^{3}) (1 - q^{4}) (1 - q^{5}) (1 - q^{6}) d o t s

. In doing so, we extend certain observations made by Sudler in 1964. We also discuss the classification of the products

(1 - q) (1 - q^{2}) d o t s (1 - q^{m})

and some related series with respect to their absolute largest coefficients.

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