Resultants of the dynatomic polynomials of a Chebyshev map
Abstract
Let φ be a monic polynomial over ℤ and Φ_(φ,n) its n-th dynatomic polynomial. Morton and Vivaldi expressed res(Φ_(φ,n),Φ_(φ,m)), for n | m, as a product of cyclotomic values at the multipliers of the formal period-n points, times an undetermined unit; for the power map φ(x)=xᵈ every multiplier is dⁿ, the product collapses, and one reads off a closed form. For the monic Chebyshev map E_(d), characterised by E_(d)(z+z⁻¹)=zᵈ+z⁻ᵈ, the multipliers are not constant: they take the values +dⁿ, -dⁿ and, at the two critical fixed points x= ± 2, d²ⁿ, and the Morton–Vivaldi product is left unevaluated. We evaluate it. We factor Φ_(E_(d),n) into minimal polynomials of 2cos(2π/N) indexed by the order of d in (ℤ/N)^(×)/{± 1}; we count, in closed form, how the roots split between the three multiplier values; and we obtain res(Φ_(E_(d),n),Φ_(E_(d),m)) =Φ_(q)(dⁿ)^(a(d,n)) Φ_(q)(-dⁿ)^(b(d,n)) Φ_(q)(d²ⁿ)^(c(d,n)), qquad q=m/n, for n | m, and 1 for n ∤ m, with no unit left over — proved outright at n=1, and for n ≥ 2 verified rather than derived. The resultant is negative exactly when m=2n and b(d,n) is odd. Along the way we record the corresponding statement for the power map, which is a one-line specialisation of the Morton–Vivaldi identity and is not new, together with the criterion rad(n) | (m/n) under which the only bound in print for that case is sharp. Every numerical claim is machine-checked in Lean 4: the Chebyshev law is pinned to 56 exact Sylvester determinants of sizes up to 1020, and on 35 of those cells the value is reached by three routes that share no step beyond the definition of a resultant.
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DR1routine2026-08-29
res(Phi_(d,n), Phi_(d,m)) = Phi_(m/n)(dⁿ)^(E) with E = deg Phi_(d,n) (n >= 2) and E = d-1 (n = 1), on all 50 cells of gridSyl (2 <= d <= 7, deg sum <= 320) plus the four larger cells (2,3,9), (5,2,4), (3,2,6), (3,3,6); 11 of the 54 lie in the regime 1 < n | m where the source proves only an inequality; both polynomials are built from Definition 1.1 and the resultant is the determinant of the Sylvester matrix by fraction-free Bareiss elimination, so no step uses the source's Lemma 3.1 or the closed form
DR2routine2026-08-29
Six named exact values in the undetermined regime – res(Phi_(2,2),Phi_(2,4)) = 5², res(Phi_(2,2),Phi_(2,6)) = 21² = 441, res(Phi_(2,3),Phi_(2,6)) = 9⁶ = 531441, res(Phi_(2,2),Phi_(2,8)) = 17², res(Phi_(2,4),Phi_(2,8)) = 17¹2 = 582622237229761, res(Phi_(3,2),Phi_(3,4)) = 10⁶ – and four more at Sylvester sizes 510 to 720: 73⁶, 26²0, 91⁶, 28²4; every one is a perfect deg Phi_(d,n)-th power
DR3routine2026-08-29
Two ways the source's Theorem 4.4(2) falls short of the truth, each pinned by a determinant: at (d,n,m) = (2,3,6) it gives v₃(res) >= 6 while the exact value is 3¹2, a factor 729 short; and at (2,2,6) the resultant is 441 = 3² * 7² while Phi₆(2) = 3, so the prime 7 is outside the set of primes the theorem quantifies over. The same happens at (3,2,6) (prime 13) and (3,3,6) (prime 2)
DR4routine2026-08-29
The source's Theorem 4.4(2), read in product form as Phiₘ(d)^(deg Phi_(d,n)) | res, is an equality exactly when rad(n) divides m/n; the divisibility of the BASES always holds; on the 826 cells with 2 <= d <= 8, n | m, n < m <= 40 the bound is sharp on 448 and strict on 378
DR5known2026-08-29
The base of the power in two forms: Phi_(m/n)(dⁿ) = (dᵐ - 1) / lcm d^(m/q) - 1: q prime, q | m/n on all 826 cells, whose n = 1 case is Phiₘ(d) = (dᵐ - 1)/lcm d^(m/q) - 1: q | m – the identity the source proves as its Lemma 3.9 (vₚ(Phiₘ(d)) = |S(p,d,m)|)
DC1known2026-08-29
Engine control: on all 435 pairs 1 <= a < b <= 30 the Sylvester/Bareiss determinant of Phiₐ and Phi_b equals p^(phi(a)) when b/a is a power of a prime p and 1 otherwise, plus textbook values res(x²-1,x²+1) = 4, res(x-1,x-2) = -1, res(Phi₃,Phi₃) = 0 and res(x, Phi_(2,6)) = Phi_(2,6)(0) = 1
DC2known2026-08-29
The source's Lemma 3.1 (Phi_(d,n) = prod_(ordₖ(d) = n) Phiₖ, with the extra factor x at n = 1) reproduced on 31 cells (2 <= d <= 7, dⁿ <= 2000) from Definition 1.1 against a cyclotomic construction sharing no code, together with the source's one printed factorisation Phi_(2,6) = Phi₆3 * Phi₂1 * Phi₉
DC3known2026-08-29
The source's Proposition 3.3 (deg Phi_(d,n) = sum_(k|n) mu(n/k) dᵏ; palindromic of even degree for n >= 2) and Corollary 3.10 (Phi_(d,n)(0) = 1 and Phi_(d,n)(1) = Phiₙ(d) for d,n >= 2), reproduced on the same 31 cells
DC4known2026-08-29
The source's Proposition 3.5 (for n >= 2, Phi_(d,n) irreducible over Q iff dⁿ - 1 is prime) reproduced through the cyclotomic factor count on the 31-cell grid; the only irreducible cells there are (d,n) = (2,2), (2,3), (2,5), (2,7)
DC5known2026-08-29
The source's Theorem 4.3 (res(Phi_(d,1),Phi_(d,m)) = Phiₘ(d)ᵈ⁻¹) on the 19 cells of gridSyl with n = 1, and its Theorem 4.4(1) (res = 1 iff n does not divide m) in both directions on gridSyl: all 24 cells with n not dividing m give 1, all 7 with 1 < n | m give more than 1
DC6routine2026-08-29
Four refutations: reading Theorem 4.4(2) as an equality (res = Phiₘ(d)^(deg Phi_(d,n))) fails at (2,2,6) (9 against 441) and (2,3,6) (729 against 531441); using deg Phi_(d,1) = d instead of d-1 as the exponent fails at (3,1,2) (64 against 16); dropping the inner power (Phi_(m/n)(d) instead of Phi_(m/n)(dⁿ)) fails at (2,2,6) (49 against 441); and using n instead of deg Phi_(d,n) as the exponent fails at (2,4,8) (17⁴ against 17¹2)
DC7routine2026-08-29
Non-vacuity of the hypotheses on gridSyl: 26 cells have n | m and all 26 have resultant > 1; 24 have n not dividing m and all 24 have resultant exactly 1; 19 of the 26 are the n = 1 case the source settles and 7 are the regime it leaves open
DC8known data2026-08-29
OEIS A059499 (number of m with multiplicative order of 2 mod m equal to n) reproduced for n = 1..15 as the cyclotomic factor count of Phi_(2,n), and OEIS A027375 reproduced for n = 1..15 as deg Phi_(2,n)
CH1candidate2026-08-29
res(Φ_(E_d,n),Φ_(E_d,m)) = Φ_q(dⁿ)ᵃ·Φ_q(−dⁿ)ᵇ·Φ_q(d²ⁿ)ᶜ for n | m (q = m/n) and = 1 for n ∤ m, against 56 exact Sylvester determinants of sizes 4–1020 built from Definition 1.1 by iterating E_d; plus a third, independent route (product of pairwise Ψ resultants) agreeing on 35 cells
CH2candidate2026-08-29
fifteen named exact values (9 + 4 + 2 across the three files), res(Φ_(E₂,3),Φ_(E₂,6)) = −250047 = −(9³·7³), res(Φ_(E₂,4),Φ_(E₂,8)) = 17⁴·15⁸, res(Φ_(E₃,2),Φ_(E₃,6)) = 91²·73⁴, res(Φ_(E₂,5),Φ_(E₂,10)) = −(33¹⁵·31¹⁵) (46 digits), … each an exact N × N Bareiss determinant, N up to 1020
CH3candidate2026-08-29
the counting rule in closed form: with n = 2ᵛ u, u odd, b(d,n) = (D(d^(2ᵛ),u) − δ)/2, δ = [u=1][d odd], c(d,n) = n=1, a = D(d,n) − b − c — verified against the direct root count on all 54 cells with 2 ≤ d ≤ 12, dⁿ ≤ 5000 (and on 267 cells to dⁿ ≤ 3·10⁹ in the prototype)
CH4candidate2026-08-29
Φ_(E_d,n) = ∏ Ψ_N: ord±_N(d) = n on 43 cells (2 ≤ d ≤ 16, dⁿ ≤ 260), with the un-Möbius'd form ∏ Ψ_N: N | dᵏ−1 or N | dᵏ+1 = E_(dᵏ)(x) − x on 34
CH5candidate2026-08-29
the unit is +1: res(Φ_(E_d,n),Φ_(E_d,m)) is negative exactly when m = 2n and b(d,n) is odd (5 of 26 divisor cells of the grid), and Φ_q(−dⁿ) rewrites to a cyclotomic value at +dⁿ in four cases (4 | q, q odd, q ≡ 2 mod 4, q = 2)
CH6routine2026-08-29
the multiplier assignment as a polynomial divisibility: Ψ_N | (E_(dⁿ))' − λ_N with λ_N = +dⁿ, −dⁿ, d²ⁿ by the residue of dⁿ mod N, on all 34 cells with dⁿ ≤ 130; both signs occur on 31 of them
CX1routine2026-08-29
engine control: the generic dynOf engine pointed at xᵈ reproduces dynatomic d n and the dynatomic-res closed form Φ_(m/n)(dⁿ)^(E_(d,n)) on 35 cells (row DR1 re-derived through the Chebyshev pipeline); Definition 1.1 divides exactly for both maps on 43 cells; and Φ_(E_d,n) ≠ Φ_(xᵈ,n) on every one of those 43 while the degrees agree
CX2known2026-08-29
E₁... E₇ written out and E_d o Eₑ = E_(de) on 1 <= d,e <= 8, hence E_dᵒᵏ = E_(dᵏ) for dᵏ <= 130 with 2 <= d <= 16
CX3known data2026-08-29
Loper–Werner's two printed tables (V₀ … V₄ and Ψ₁ … Ψ₁0) reproduced exactly from this family's own constructions; OEIS A187360 (coefficients of the minimal polynomial of 2cos(π/n)), all 17 published rows, against psiPoly(2n); deg Ψ_N = φ(N)/2 for 3 ≤ N ≤ 60
CX4routine2026-08-29
four refutations, each by one Sylvester determinant — exchanging a and b at (3,2,4) (640000 vs 409600), the xᵈ closed form at (2,2,4) (25 vs 9), the symmetric split a = b at (2,2,4) (−15 vs 9), dropping the critical fixed points at (2,1,2) (−1 vs −5) — with the census that they differ from the truth on 20, 25, 24 and 19 of the 26 divisor cells
CX5known data2026-08-29
b(2,n) = OEIS A011946 = n·A000048(n) for n = 1..14, computed both by the closed form and by the direct root count; the companion a(2,n) = 0,0,3,4,15,24,63,112,252,480,… is not in OEIS
CX6known2026-08-29
Loper–Werner's resultant theorem reproduced on all 780 pairs 1 ≤ N < M ≤ 40: res(Ψ_N,Ψ_M) = ±1 unless N | M and M/N is a prime power (84 of 780), where |res| = p^(deg Ψ_N) with the single exception res(Ψ₁,Ψ₂) = 4; and N | M ⟹ ord±_N(d) | ord±_M(d)
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- Let K be a field of characteristic zero and phi(x) in K[x] of degree at least 2. The n-th dynatomic polynomial of phi is
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