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Associated Legendre polynomials and Morgan-Voyce polynomials
Original research paper. Pages 125–134
A. F. Horadam
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One extremal problem. 9
Original research paper. Pages 135–137
K. Atanassov
Full paper (PDF, 81 Kb)
Number theoretic aspects of a combinatorial function
Original research paper. Pages 138–150
L. Halbeisen and N. Hungerbühler
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We investigate number theoretic aspects of the integer sequence A000522 of Sloane’s On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. This integer sequence counts the number of sequences without repetition one can build with n distinct objects. By introducing the notion of the “shadow” of an integer function – which is related to its divisors – we treat some number theoretic properties of this combinatorial function and investigate the related “irregular prime numbers”.
The Cardano family of equations
Original research paper. Pages 151–162
J. V. Leyendekkers and A. G. Shannon
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The polynomial expansion of the Diophantine equation 
, yields roots of the form 
where 
is a non-integer zero of a Cardano cubic polynomial of the form 
. This is a corollary to Fermat’s Last Theorem. The characteristics of this family are illustrated for 
. For 
odd, 
can be represented by 
, and for even there are two real values of , and 
, where 
are real non-integer parameters. For a given , 
is simply related to 
, and to a parameter 
which is linear in . The corresponding curves indicate the non-integral nature of 
.
, yields roots of the form where is a non-integer zero of a Cardano cubic polynomial of the form . This is a corollary to Fermat’s Last Theorem. The characteristics of this family are illustrated for . For odd, can be represented by , and for even there are two real values of , and , where are real non-integer parameters. For a given , is simply related to , and to a parameter which is linear in . The corresponding curves indicate the non-integral nature of .
