Divisibility of finite geometric series

DOI10.1007/S40840-023-01556-5MaRDI QIDQ6166496zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors R. E. Hartwig, P. Patrício

Publication date 2 August 2023

Published in Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s40840-023-01556-5

zbMATH Keywords

divisibilityfinite geometric seriesgreatest common divisor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multiplicative structure; Euclidean algorithm; greatest common divisors (11A05) Euclidean rings and generalizations (13F07)

Review text

The authors study the geometric series \(G_n(x) = 1 + x + x^2 + \ldots + x^{n-1}\) over a field of characteristic zero. The main result of the paper is the theorem that describes when the polynomial \(G_n(x^p)\) divides the polynomial \(G_m(x^q)\).

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