Exercise 15.4.16

Prove that for each integer k 0 there exists a polynomial S k ( u ) [ u ] of degree 4 k such that (15.59) holds for all β [ i ] .

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Proof. By (15.56) and (15.57),

φ ( βz ) = j = 0 c j β 4 j + 1 z 4 j + 1 = k = 0 b k ( β ) ( j = 0 c j z 4 j + 1 ) 4 k + 1 = k = 0 b k ( β ) S k ( z ) ,

where

S k ( z ) = ( j = 0 c j z 4 j + 1 ) 4 k + 1 = z 4 k + 1 ( 1 + j = 1 c j z 4 j ) 4 k + 1

Consider

g ( u ) = 1 + j = 1 c j u j ,

which verifies S k ( z ) = z 4 k + 1 g 4 k + 1 ( z 4 ) .

Since φ ( z ) = j = 0 c j z 4 j + 1 is analytic in the neighborhood of 0 , it is the same for g ( u ) , so that the radius of convergence of j = 0 c j u j doesn’t vanish. Then

g 4 k + 1 ( u ) = ( 1 + j = 1 c j u j ) 4 k + 1 = l = 0 δ k , l u l .

We want to prove that δ k , l , knowing that c 1 , c 2 , are rational. To consider only finite sums, we use an asymptotic expansion in the neighborhood of 0 , up to degree m . If v = j = 1 c j u j , then v c 1 u = 1 10 u , and

v = j = 1 m c j u j + o ( u m ) .

Therefore

g 4 k + 1 ( u ) = ( 1 + v ) 4 k + 1 = 1 + r = 1 4 k + 1 ( 4 k + 1 r ) v k = 1 + r = 1 4 k + 1 ( 4 k + 1 r ) ( j = 1 m c j u j ) k + o ( u m ) = 1 + l = 1 m P k , l ( c 1 , , c m ) u l + o ( u m ) ,

where P k , l is a multivariate polynomial with coefficients in .

The unicity of the asymptotic expansion shows that δ k , 0 = 1 , and

δ k , l = P k , l ( c 1 , , c m ) .

(Note that the unicity shows that P k , l ( c 1 , , c m ) depends only of c 1 , , c l , so we can write P k , l ( c 1 , , c m ) = P k , l ( c 1 , , c l ) .)

Therefore

S k ( z ) = l = 0 δ k , l z 4 l + 4 k + 1 , δ k , l ,

and

φ ( βz ) = k = 0 b k ( β ) S k ( z ) = k = 0 l = 0 b k ( β ) δ k , l z 4 l + 4 k + 1 = j = 0 ( k + l = j b k ( β ) δ k , l ) z 4 j + 1 = j = 0 ( k = 0 j δ k , j k b k ( β ) ) z 4 j + 1 = j = 0 ( k = 0 j a j , k b k ( β ) ) z 4 j + 1

where a j , k = δ k , j k , and a j , j = δ j , 0 = 1 . This gives the generalization of (15.58):

c j β 4 j + 1 = k = 0 j a j , k b k ( β ) = a j , 0 b 0 ( β ) + + a j , j 1 b j 1 ( β ) + b j ( β ) , a j , k ,

We prove by induction that for any j , there is a polynomial S j ( u ) [ u ] of degree 4 k such that b j ( β ) = β S j ( β ) .

Since b 0 ( β ) = β , this is true for k = 0 with S 0 ( u ) = 1 , deg ( S 0 ) = 0 .

Now we suppose that b i ( β ) = β S i ( β ) for 0 i j 1 . Then

b j ( β ) = c j β 4 j + 1 k = 0 j 1 a j , k b k ( β ) = c j β 4 j + 1 k = 0 j 1 a j , k β S k ( β ) = β ( c j β 4 j k = 0 j 1 a j , k S k ( β ) ) = β S j ( β ) ,

where S j ( u ) = c j u 4 j k = 0 j 1 a j , k S k ( u ) [ u ] .

Since c j = φ ( 4 j + 1 ) ( 0 ) ( 4 j + 1 ) ! 0 , and deg ( S k ) = 4 k < 4 j for k = 0 , , j 1 , we obtain deg ( S j ) = 4 j , and the induction is done.

For each integer k 0 , there exists a polynomial S k ( u ) [ u ] of degree 4 k such that b k ( β ) = β S k ( β ) holds for all odd β [ i ] . □

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