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title: "Generating Polynomials, Part 2: Ghostly Chains"
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"Do polygons without distance still know about planar geometry?"
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"What do polygons without distance still know about planar geometry?"
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html-math-method: katex
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date: "2021-08-19"
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date-modified: "2025-06-20"
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date-modified: "2025-06-24"
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categories:
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- geometry
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- algebra
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@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ Powerful Chains
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The various $P_n$ are in fact the adjacency matrices of a path on *n* nodes.
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@ -506,7 +505,10 @@ In some sense, they are the opposite of cycle graphs, since by definition they c
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Paths are degenerate trees, but we can make them slightly more interesting by instead adding
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exactly one node and edge to (the middle of) a path.
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$$
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\begin{align*}
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T_{1,1} := \begin{matrix}[
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Searching the OEIS for the coefficients of $t_{2,4}$ returns sequence
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[A228786](http://oeis.org/A228786), which informs that it is the minimal polynomial
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of $2\sin( \pi/15 )$.
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This sequence also informs that the other factor is the minimal polynomial of $2\sin( \pi / 9 )$:
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This sequence also informs that the unknown factor in the other polynomial is
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the minimal polynomial of $2\sin( \pi / 9 )$:
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In fact, both of these polynomials show up in the factorization
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of Chebyshev polynomials of the *first* kind.
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Perhaps this is not surprising, given how $2\cos(\pi / n)$ also appear in the spectra of graphs.
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However, it is immensely interesting to see them pop out from the addition of a single node.
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In fact, both of these polynomials show up in factorizations of Chebyshev polynomials
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of the *first* kind (specifically, $2T_15(z / 2)$ and $2T_9(z / 2)$).
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Perhaps this is not surprising since we were already working with those of the second kind.
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However, it is interesting to see them appear from the addition of a single node.
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Closing
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In fact, I was initially prompted to look into them due to a remarkable correspondence between
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certain trees and Platonic solids.
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I have reorganized these thoughts, since from the perspective of this article, the relationship
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I have since reorganized these thoughts, as from the perspective of this article, the relationship
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is tangential at best.
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